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FORMULA OF SERVICE 

FOR THE 

A. M. E. ZION CHURCH 

ARRANGED BY 

REV. J- WESLEY BROWN 

FOR THE BOOK CONCERN. 



ORDER. 

1. Organ Prelude. 

2. Hymn. 

3. Reading Psalms, by Congregation. 

4. Scripture Lesson. 

5. Invocation. 

6. Organ Interlude, Anthem. 

7. Beatitudes (Congregation standing) : 

Blessed are the pure spirit ; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be comforted. 

Blessed are the meek ; for they shall inherit the earth. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness ; for 

they shall be filled. 
Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall obtain mercy. 
Blessed are the pure in heart ; for they shall see God. 
Blessed are the peacemakers ; for they shall be called the children of 

God. 

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake ; for 

theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall 

say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 
Rejoice and be exceeding glad : for great is your reward in heaven ; 

for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. 
9. Chant : Lord's Prayer. 

10. Hymn. 

11. Sermon. 

12. Invocation. 

13. Singing. 

14. Collection during Singing. 

15. Notices. 

16. Apostles Creed (Congregation standing). 

the creed. 

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth ; and in 
Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord : who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, 
born of the Virgin Mary ; suffered under Pontius Pilate ; was crucified dead and 
buried; He descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead. He 
ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; 
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the 
Holy Ghost ; the holy Catholic Church ; the communion of saints ; the forgive- 
ness of sins ; the resurrection of the body ; and life everlasting. Amen. * 



THE OFFERING- OF PRAISE. 



\ General invitation to praise the Redeemer. C. M. 

OFOK a thousand tongues, to sing 
My great Kedeemer's praise ; 
The glories of my God and King, 
The triumphs of his grace. 

2 My gracious Master, and my God, 
Assist me to proclaim, — 

To spread, through all the earth abroad, 
The honours of thy Name. 

3 Jesus ! — the Name that charms our fears, 
That bids our sorrows cease ; 

'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 
'Tis life, and health, and peace. 

4 He breaks the power of cancel? d sin, 
He sets the prisoner free ; 

His blood can make the foulest clean ; 
His blood avail' d for me. 

5 He speaks, — and list'ning to his voice, 
New life the dead receive ; 

The mournful, broken hearts rejoice ; 
The humble poor believe. 

6 Hear him, ye deaf ; his praise, ye dumb, 
Your loosen' d tongues employ ; 

Fe blind, behold your Saviour come ; 
And leap, ye lame, for joy. 



fa Crown Mm Lord of all. C. 51 

ALL hail the power of Jesus' name ! 
Let angels prostrate fall J 
Bring forth the royal diadem, 
And crown him Lord of all. 

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, 
Ye ransom' d from the fall, 

Hail him who saves you by his grace, 
And crown him Lord of all. 

3 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget 
The wormwood and the gall ; 

Go, spread your trophies at his feet, 
And crown him Lord of all. 

I 4 Let every kindred, every tribe, 

On this terrestrial ball, 
To him all majesty ascribe, 

And crown him Lord of all. 

5 O that with yonder sacred throng 

We at his feet may fall ; 
We'll join the everlasting song, 

And crown him Lord ©f all 



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Hymns. 



3 Faith sees the final triumph. CM. 

AM I a soldier of the cross,— 
A follower of the Lamb, — 
And shall I fear to own his cause, 
Or blush to speak his name ? 

2 Mast I be carried to the skies 
On flowery beds of ease ; 

While others fought to win the prize, 
And sailed through bloody seas ? 

3 Are there no foes for me to face ? 
Must I not stem the flood ? 

Is this vile world a friend to grace, 
To help me on to God ? 

4 Since I must fight if I would reign, 
Increase my courage, Lord ; 

I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 
Supported by thy word. 

5 Thy saints in all this glorious war 
Shall conquer, though they die : 

They see the triumph from afar, — 
By faith they bring it nigh. 

$ When that illustrious day shall rise, 

And all thv armies shine 
In robes of vict'ry through the skies, 

The glory shall be thine. 

4 A blessing on the word. C. M. 

ONCE more we come before our God : 
Once more his blessing ask ; 
may not duty seem a load, 
Nor worship prove a task. 

2 Father, thy quick'ning Spirit send 
From heaven, in Jesus' name, 

And bid our waiting minds attend, 
And put our souls in frame. 

3 May we receive the word we hear, 
Each in an honest heart ; 

And keep the precious treasure there, 
And never with it part. 

4 To seek thee, all our hearts dispose : 
To each thy blessings suit ; 

And let the seed thy servant sows, 
Produce abundant fruit. 

5 God's service delightful. C M. 

TTTITH joy we hail the sacred day, 
" Which God has call'd his own ; 
With joy the summons we obey, 
To worship at his throne. 

2 Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair ! 
As here thy servants throng 

To breathe the humble, fervent prayer, 
And pour the grateful song. 

3 Spirit of grace ! O deign to dwell 
Within thy Church below ; 

Make her in holiness excel, 
With pure devotion glow. 



4 Let peace within her walls be found — 
Let all her sons unite, 

To spread with holy zeal around, 
Her clear and shining light. 

5 Great God, we hail the sacred day 
Which thou hast call'd thine own % 

With joy the summons we obey, 
To worship at thy throne. 

Q Christ's amazing love. C M. 

PLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair, 
We wretched sinners lay, 
Without one cheering beam of hope, 
Or spark of glimm'ring day. 

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of peace 
Beheld our helpless grief : 

He saw, and (0 amazing love !) 
He flew to our relief. 

3 Down from the shining seats above, 
With joyful haste he fled ; 

Enter' d the grave in mortal flesh, 
And dwelt among the dead. 

4 for this love let rocks and hills % 
Their lasting silence break ; 

And all harmonious human tongues 
The Saviour's praises speak. 

5 Angels, assist our mighty joys ; 
Strike all your harps of gold ; 

But when you raise your highest notes, 
His love can ne'er be told. 



^ The work accomplished . CM 

COME, my God, the promise seal, 
This mountain, sin, remove ; 
Now in my waiting soul reveal 
The virtue of thy love. 

2 I want thy life, thy purity, 
Thy righteousness, brought in : 

I ask, desire, and trust in thee 
To be redeem' d from sin. 

3 For this, as taught by thee, I pray, 
My inbred sin cast out : 

Thou wilt, in me, thy power display ; 
I can no longer doubt. 

4 Let anger, sloth, desire, and pride, 
This moment be subdued ; 

Be cast into the crimson tide 
Of my Bedeemer's blood. 

5 Saviour, to thee my soul looks up, 
My present Saviour thou ! 

In all the confidence of hope 
I claim the blessing now. 

6 'Tis done; thou dost this moment save — • 
With full salvation bless ; 

Bedemption through thy blood I have, 
And spotless love and peace. 



Hymns. 



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^ Pleading the promises. C M. 

MERCY alone can meet my case ; 
For mercy, Lord* I cry : 
ties us, Redeemer, show thy face 
In mercy, or I die : — 

2 I perish, and my doom were just ; 
But wilt thou leave me ? — No : 

1 hold thee fast, my hope, my trust ; 
1 will not let thee go. 

3 Still sure to me thy promise stands, 
And ever must abide : 

Behold it written on thy hands, 
And graven in thy side. 

4 To this, this only will I cleave ; 
Thy word is all my plea ; 

That word is truth, and I believe : — 
Have mercy, Lord, on me. 

Q Suffer the little children to come 

unto me . CM. 

^EE, Israel's gentle Shepherd stands 
*J With all engaging charms ; 
Hark, how he calls the tender lambs, 
And folds them in his arms. 

2 Permit them to approach, he cries, 
Nor scorn their humble name ; 

For 'twas to bless such souls as these 
The Lord of angels came. 

3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands, 
And yield them up to thee ; 

Joyful that we ourselves are thine 
Thine let our offspring be. 

10 Lamenting the absence of the Spirit. C M. 

OFOR a closer walk with God, 
A calm and heavenly frame : 
A light to shine upon the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 

:2 Where is the blessedness I knew, 

When first I saw the Lord ? 
Where is the soul-refreshing view 
, Of Jesus and his word ? 

3 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd ! 
How sweet their mem'ry still ! 

But they have left an aching void 
The world can never fill. 

4 Return, holy Dove, return, 
Sweet messenger of rest : 

I hate the sins that made thee mourn, 
And drove thee from my breast. 

5 The dearest idol I have known, 
Whate'er that idol be, 

Help me to tear it from thy throne, 
And worship only thee. 

6 So shall my walk be close with God, 
Calm and serene my frame ; 

So purer, light shall mark the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 



\_ 1 Ulf -dedication to the Lord. g. M. 

RETURN, my soul, unto thy rest; 
Erom God no longer roam ; 
a is hand hath bountifully blest ; 
His goodness calls thee home. 

2 What shall I render unto thee, 
My Saviour in distress, 

For all thy benefits to me, 
So great and numberless ? 

3 This will I do for thy love's sake, 
And thus thy power proclaim ; 

The cup of thy salvation take, 
And call upon thy Name. 

4 Thou God of covenanted grace, 
Hear and record my vow, 

While in thy courts 1 seek thy fac«, 
And at thine altar bow : — 

5 Henceforth to thee myself I give ; 
With single heart and eye 

To walk before thee while I live, 
And bless thee when I die. 

^ Remember me ! CM. 

OTHOU from whom all goodness flows, 
I lift my soul to thee ; 
In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, 
Lord, remember me. 

2 If, for thy sake, upon my name 
Reproach and shame shall be, 

I'll hail reproach, and welcome shame : 
O Lord, remember me. 

3 When worn with pain, disease, and grief, 
This feeble body see ; 

Grant patience, rest, and kind relief ; 

Lord, remember me. 

4 When, in the solemn hour of death, 

1 wait thy just decree, 

Be this the prayer of my last breath, — 
O Lord, remember me. 

5 And when before thy throne I stand, 
And lift my soul to thee, 

Then, with the saints at thy right hand, 
O Lord, remember me. 

J_ ^ Grateful acknowledgment. C M 

I LOVE the Lord ; he heard my cries, 
And pitied every groan : 
Long as I live, when troubles rise, 
I'll hasten to his throne. 

2 I love the Lord : he bow'd his ear, 
And chased my grief away : 

let my heart no more despair, 
While I have breath to pray. 

3 The Lord beheld me sore distress'd; 
He bade my pains remove : 

Return, my soul, to God thy rest, 
For thou hast known his love. 



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Hymns. 



Design and object of His advent. CM. 

HAEK, the glad sound ! the Saviour 
The Saviour promised long ; [comes, — 
Let every heart prepare a throne, 
And every voice a song. 

2 He comes, the pris'ner to release, 

In Satan's bondage held ; 
The gates of brass before him burst, 

The iron fetters yield. 

S He eomes, from thickest films of vice 

To clear the mental ray, 
And on the eyes oppress' d with night 

To pour celestial day. 

4: He comes, the broken heart to bind, 

The wounded soul to cure, 
And, with the treasures of his grace, 

To' enrich the humble poor. 

5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace, 

Thy welcome shah proclaim, 
And heaven's eternal arches ring 

With thy beloved name. 



C. M. 



-1 K Worthy of ceaseless praise from all 
-■- *■* his creatures. 

PEAISE ye the Lord, immortal choirs 
That fill the worlds above ; 
Praise him who form'd you of his fires, 
And feeds you with his love. 

2 Shine to his praise, ye crystal skies, 
The floor of his abode ; 

Or veil in shades your thousand eyes 
Before your brighter God. 

3 Thou restless globe of golden light, 
Whose beams create our days, 

Join with the silver queen of night, 
To own your borrow' d rays. 

4 Thunder and hail, and fire and storms, 
The troops of his command, 

Appear in all your dreadful forms, 
And speak his awful hand. 

o Shout to the Lord, ye surging seas, 

In your eternal roar ; 
Let wave to wave resound his praise, 

And shore reply to shore. 

6 Thus while the meaner creatures sing, 

Ye mortals, catch the sound ; 
Echo the glories of your King 

Through all the nations round. 

X (J Returning to Zion with songs of joy. C . M. 

DATJGHTEE of Zion, from the dust 
Exalt thy fallen head ; 
Again in thy Eedeemer trust, — 
He calls thee from the dead. 

2 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, — 

Thy beautiful array : 
The day of freedom dawns at length, — 

The Lord's appointed day. 



3 Eebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge, 
And send thy heralds forth ; 

Say to the south, — Give up thy charge I 
And,— Keep not back, north ! 

4 They come, they come : thine exiled 

bands, 

Where'er they rest or roam, 
Have heard thy voice in distant lands, 
And hasten to their home. 

5 Thus, though the universe shall burn, 
And God his works destroy, 

With songs thv ransom' d shall return, 
And everlasting joy. 



Morning ; Self-consecration. 



CM. 



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ONCE more, my soul, the rising day 
Salutes thy waking eyes ; 
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay 
To Him that rules the skies. 

2 Night unto night his name repeats, 
The day renews the sound ; 

Wide as the heavens on which he sits, 
To turn the seasons round. 

3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame ; 
My tongue shall speak his praise ; 

My sins might rouse his wrath to flame, 
But yet his wrath delays. 

4 God, let all my hours be thine, 
Whilst I enjoy the light ; 

Then shall my sun in smiles decline, 
And bring a peaceful night. 

^_ § The gospel feast. C. M< 

LET every mortal ear attend, 
And every heart rejoice ; 
The trumpet of the gospel sounds 
With an inviting voice. 

2 Ho, all ye hungry starving souls, 
That feed upon the wind, 

And vainly strive with earthly toys 
To fill an empty mind : — 

3 Eternal Wisdom hath prepared 
A soul-reviving feast, 

And bids your longing appetites 
The rich provision taste. 

4 Ho ! ye that pant for living streams, 
And pine away and die, 

Here you may quench your raging thirst 
With springs that never dry. 

5 Eivers of love and mercy here 
In a rich ocean join ; 

Salvation in abundance flows, 
Like floods of milk and wine. 

6 The happy gates of gospel grace 
Stand open night and day : 

Lord, we are come to seek supplies, 
And drive our wants away. 



Hymns. 



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1 Q The dread/id sentence. C. M. 

THAT awful day will surely come, 
The' appointed hour makes haste, 
When I must stand before my Judge, 
And pass the solemn test. 

2 Jesus, thou source of all my joys, 
Thou ruler of my heart, 

How could I bear to hear thy voice 
Pronounce the word, — Depart ! 

3 The thunder of that awful word 
Would so torment my ear, 

'Twould tear my soul asunder, Lord, 
With most tormenting fear. 

4 What, to be banish'd from my Lord, 
And yet forbid to die ; 

To linger in eternal pain, 
And death forever fly ? — 

5 O wretched state of deep despair, 
To see my God remove, 

And fix my doleful station where 
I must not taste his love. 

*3> Q The conquering love of Jesus. C. M. 

OTHAT I could my Lord receive, 
Who did the world redeem : 
Who gave his life that I might live 
A life conceal' d in him. 

2 O that I could the blessing prove, — 
My heart's extreme desire ; 

Live happy in my Saviour's love, 
And in his arms expire. 

3 Mercy I ask to seal my peace, 
That, kept by mercy's power, 

1 may from every evil cease, 
And never grieve thee more. 

4 Now, if thy gracious will it be, 
E'en now my sins remove, 

And set mv soul at liberty 
By thy victorious love. 

O -| Awaking from the dust with 

™ shouts of praise. C. M. 

THEOUGH sorrow's night, and danger's 
Amid the deep'ning ^oom, [path, 
We, foll'wers of our suft'ring Lord, 
Are marching to the tomb. 

2 There, when the turmoil is no more, 
And all our powers decay, 

Our cold remains in solitude 
Shall sleep the years away. 

3 Our labours done, securely laid 
In this our last retreat, 

Unheeded, o'er our silent dust, 
The storms of earth may beat. 

4 Yet not thus buried, or extinct, 
The vital spark shall He ; 

For o'er life's wreck that spark shall rise 
To seek its kindred sky. 

5 These ashes, too, this little dust, 
Our Father's care shall keep, 

Till the last angel rise and break 
The long and dreary sleep. 



^52* Chodness and mercy, CM. 

LET every tongue thy goodness speak, 
Thou sov'reign Lord of all ; 
Thy strength'ning hands uphold the weak, 
And raise the poor that fall. 

2 When sorrows bow the spirit down, 
When virtue lies distressed, 

Beneath the proud oppressor's frown, 
Thou giv'st the mourner rest. 

3 Thou know'st the pains thy servants 
Thou hear'st thy children's cry ; [feel, 

And their best wishes to fulfil, 
Thy grace is ever nigh. 

4 Thy mercy never shall remove 
From men of heart sincere : 

Thou sav'st the souls whose humble love 
Is join'd with holy fear. 

5 My lips shall dwell upon thy praise, 
And spread thy fame abroad ; 

Let all the sons of Adam raise 
The honours of their God. 

j£ 4£ Godly sorrow. C. M 

OFOE that tenderness of heart 
Which bows before the Lord, 
Acknowledging how just thou art, 

And trembling at thy word ; 
O for those humble, contrite tears, 

Which from repentance flow ; 
That consciousness of guilt, which fears 

The long suspended blow. 
2 Saviour, to me, in pity, give 

The sensible distress ; 
The pledge thou wilt at last receive, 

And bid me die in peace. 
Wilt from the dreadful day remove, 

Before the evil come ; 
My spirit hide with saints above, — 
My body, in the tomb. 

O/l Anniversary of an orphan asy- 

i um ; the children. C. M. 

AGAIN the kind revolving year 
Has brought this happy day ; 
And we in God's blest house appear 
Again our vows to pay. 

2 Our watchful guardians, robed in light x 
Adore the heavenly King ; 

Ten thousand thousand seraphs bright, 
Incessant praises sing. 

3 They know no want, they feel no care, 
Nor ever sigh as we ; 

Sorrow and sin are strangers there, 
And all is harmony. 

4 If aught can there enhance their bliss, 
Or raise their raptures higher, 

New joys in heaven at sights like this, 
New anthems fill the choir. 

5 With what resembling care and love 
Both worlds for us appear ; 

Our friendly guardians those above, — 
Our benefactors here. 



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Hymns. 



The race for glory. CM. 

AWAKE, my soul ! stretch every nerve, 
And press with vigour on ; 
A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 
And an immortal crown. 

2 'Tis God's all-animating voice 
That calls thee from on high ; 

'Tis he whose hand presents the prize 
To thine aspiring eye. 

3 A cloud of witnesses around 
Hold thee in full survey ; 

Forget the steps already trod, 
And onward urge thy way. 

4 Blest Saviour ! introduced by thee, 
Our race have we begun ; 

And, crown' d with vict'ry, at thy feet 
We'll lay our trophies down. 

^ The rapture of love. C M. 

O'TIS delight without alloy, 
Jesus, to hear thy name : 
My spirit leaps with inward joy ; 

I feel the sacred flame. 
l 2 My passions hold a pleasing reign, 

When love inspires my breast — 
Love, the divinest of the train, 
The sov'reign of the rest. 

3 This is the grace must live and sing, 
When faith and hope shall cease, 

And sound from every joyful string 
Through all the realms of bliss. 

4 Swift I ascend the heavenly place, 
And hasten to my home ; 

1 leap to meet thy Mnd embrace : 
I come, Lord, I come. 

5 Sink down, ye separating hills ; 
Let sin and death remove ; 

'Tis love that drives my chariot wheels, 
And death must yield to love. 

2 T The goodly city in prospect. C M. 

JERUSALEM ! my happy home ! 
» Name ever dear to me ! 
When shall my labours have an end, 
In joy, and peace in thee ? 

2 when, thou city of my God, 
Shall I thy courts ascend, 

Where congregations ne'er break up, 
And Sabbath has no end ? 

3 Why should I shrink at pain and woe ? 
Or feel, at death, dismay ? 

I've Canaan's goodly land in view, 
And realms of endless day. 

4 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there, 
Around my Saviour stand ; 

And soon my friends in Christ below 
Will join the glorious band. 

5 Jerusalem ! my happy home ! 
My soul still pants for thee ; 

Then shall my labours have an end, 
When I thy joys shall see. 



^ § Entire purification. C. M. 

FOREVER here my rest shall be, 
Close to thy bleeding side, 
This all my hope, and all my plea, — 
For me the Saviour died. 

2 My dying Saviour, and my God, 
Fountain for guilt and sin, 

Sprinkle me ever with thy blood, 
And cleanse and keep me clean. 

3 Wash me, and make me thus thine own 
Wash me, and mine thou art ; 

Wash me, but not my feet alone, — 
My hands, my head, my heart. 

4 The' atonement of thy blood apply, 
Till faith to sight improve ; 

Till hope in full fruition die, 
And all my soul be love. 

j^J) Rejoicing in hope. CM, 

LIFT up your hearts to things above,- 
Ye foil' wers of the Lamb, 
And join with us to praise his love, 
And glorify his Name. 

2 To Jesus' Name give thanks and sing, 
Whose mercies never end : 

Rejoice ! rejoice ! the Lord is King ; 
The King is now our Friend. 

3 We for his sake count all things less ; 
On earthly good look down ; 

And joyfully sustain the cross, 
Till we receive the crown. 

4 let us stir each other up, 

Our faith by works to' approve, — 
By holy, purifying hope, 
And the sweet task of love. 

5 Let all who for the promise wait, 
The Holy Ghost receive ; 

And, raised to our unsinning state, 
With God in Eden live : — 

6 Live, till the Lord in glory come, 
And wait his heaven to share : 

He now is fitting up your home ; 
Go on, we'll meet you there. 

0/\ The Lamb worshipped on earth and in 

heaven. C. M 

COME, let us join our cheerful songs 
With angels round the throne : 
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
But all their joys are one. 

2 Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry, 
To be exalted thus : 

Worthy the Lamb, our hearts reply, 
For he was slain for us. 

3 Jesus is worthy to receive 
Honour and power divine ; 

And blessings more than we can give, 
Be, Lord, forever thine. 

4 The whole creation join in one, 
To bless the sacred Name 

Of Him that sits upon the throne, 
And to adore the Lamb. 



Hymns. 



^ J_ Universal sovereignty. C .M. 

THE Lord descended from above.. 
And bow'd the heavens most high, 
And underneath his feet he cast 
The darkness of the sky. 

2 On cherubim and seraphim 
Full royally he rode, 

And on the wings of mighty winds, 
Came flying all abroad. 

3 He sat serene upon the floods, 
Their fury to restrain ; 

And he, as sov'reign Lord and King, 
For evermore shall reign. 



The perfect rest from sin 



C. M. 



32 

JESUS, my Lord, I cry to thee, 
Against the foe within : 

1 want a constant liberty, 
A perfect rest from sin. 

2 Thy killing and thy quick' ning power, 
Jesus, in me display ; 

The life of nature, from this hour, 
My pride and passion slay. 

3 Then, then, my utmost Saviour, raise 
My soul with saints above, 

T© serve thy will, and spread thy praise, 
And sing thy perfect love. 



33 Source of light and joy. C. M. 

GEEAT Spirit, by whose mighty power 
All creatures live and move, 
On us thy benediction shower ; 
Inspire our souls with love. 

2 Hail, Source of light ! arise and shine ; 
All gloom and doubt dispel ; 

Give peace and joy, for we are thine, 
In us forever dwell. 

3 From death to life our spirits raise, 
And full redemption bring ; 

New tongues impart to speak the praise 
Of Christ, our God and King. 

4 Thine inward witness bear, unknown 
To all the world beside ; 

With joy we then shall feel and own 
Our Saviour glorified. 



2 As round about Jerusalem 
The guardian mountains stand, 

So shall the Lord encompass them 
Who hold by his right hand. 

3 The rod of wickedness shall ne'er 
Against the just prevail, 

Lest innocence should find a snare, 
And tempted virtue fail. 

4 Do good, Lord, do good to those 
Who cleave to thee in heart, — 

Who on thy truth alone repose, 
Nor from thy law depart. 



O Dwelling in light which no man can 

Ow approach unto. C. M 

ETEENAL Power, Almighty God, 
Who can approach thy throne ? 
Unfading light is thine abode, 
To mortal man unknown. 

2 Before the radiance of thine eye, 
The heavens no longer shine ; 

And all the glories of the sky 
Are but the shade of thine. 

3 Great God, and wilt thou condescend 
To cast a look below ? 

To this vile world thy notice bend,— 
These seats of sin and wo ? 

4 How strange, how wondrous, is thy love ! 
With trembling we adore : 

Not all the' exalted minds above, 
Its wonders can explore. 

5 While golden harps rod angel tongues 
Eesound immortal lays, 

Great God, permit our humble songs 
To celebrate thy praise. 



Evening : Numberless mercies. C. 5L 



CM. 



The yates of hell shall not prevail 
against her. 

WHO make the Lord of hosts their tower, 
Shall like Mount Zion be,— 
immovable by mortal power, — 
Built on eternity. 



36 

NOW from the altar of our hearts, 
Let warmest thanks arise : 
Assist us, Lord, to offer up 
Our evening sacrifice. 

2 This day God was our sun and shield, 
Our keeper and our guide ; 

His care was on our weakness shown, — 
His mercies multiplied. 

3 Minutes and mercies multiplied, 
Have made up all this day, 

Minutes come quick, but mercies were 
More swift and free than they. 

4 New time, new favours, and new joys, 
Do a new song require : 

Till we shall praise thee as we would, 
ceept our heart's desire. 



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Hymns. 



3 ^ Oome, Lord Jesus. C . M. 

JESUS! at thy feet we wait, 
Till then, shalt bid us rise ; 
Restored to our unsmning state, — 

T© love's sweet paradise. 
2 Saviour from sin, we thee receive, 

From all indwelling sin ; 
Thy blood, we steadfastly believe, 
Shall make us throughly clean, 
t Since thou would have us free from sin, 

And pure as those above ; 
Make haste to bring thy nature in, 
And perfect us in love. 

4 The counsel of thy love fulfil : 
Come quickly, gracious Lord ! 

Be it according to thy will, 
According to thy word. 

5 that the perfect grace were given, 
Thy love diffused abroad : 

that our hearts were all a heaven, 
Forever filled with God. 

3$ The blood of sprinkling. CM. 

y Y God, my God, to thee I cry ; 
JL Thee only would I know ; 
Thy purifying blood apply, 
And wash me white as snow. 

2 Touch me, and make the leper clean ; 
Purge my iniquity ; 

Unless thou wash my soul from sin, 
I have no part in thee. 

3 But art thou not already mine ? 
Answer, if mine thou art ; 

Whisper within, thou love divine, 
And cheer my drooping heart. 

4 Behold, for me the Victim bleeds, — 
His wounds are open wide ; 

For me the blood of sprinkling pleads, 
And speaks me justified. 



Morning : Confident security. 



C. M. 



39 

ON thee, each morning, O my God, 
My waking thoughts attend ; 
la thee are founded all my hopes,— 
In thee my wishes end. 

2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, 
Thy boundless love surveys ; 

And/fired with grateful zeal, prepares 
A sacrifice of praise. 

3 God leads me through the maze of sleep, 
And brings me safe to light ; 

And, with the same paternal care, 
Conducts my steps till night. 

4 When evening slumbers press mine eyes, 
With his protection blest. 

In peace and safety I commit 
My weary limbs to rest. 

5 My spirit, in his hand secure, 
Fears no approaching ill ; 

For, whether waking or asleep, 
The Lord is with me still. 



40 Peace in believing. C. 11 
TESUS, to thee I now can fly, 

• On whom my help is laid : 
Oppress'd by sins, I lift mine eye, 
And see the shadows fade. 

2 Believing on my Lord, I find 
A sure and present aid : 

On thee alone my constant mimd, 
Be every moment stayed. 

3 Whate'er in me seems wise, or good, 
Or strong, I here disclaim : 

1 wash my garments in the blood 
Of the atoning Lamb. 

4 Jesus, my strength, my life, my rest,— • 
On thee will I depend, 

Till summoned to the marriage feast, 
When faith in sight shall end. 

41 Knocking at the door of mercy. C. M. 

LORD, at thy feet we sinners lie, 
And knock at mercy's door ; 
With heavy heart, and downcast eye, 
Thy favor we implore. 

2 Without thy grace, we sink oppress'd, 
Down to the gates of hell ; 

give our troubled spirits rest, — 
Our gloomy fears dispel. 

3 'Tis mercy, mercy, now we plead ; 
Let thy compassion move ; 

Mercy, that led thee once to bleed, 
In tenderness and love. 

4 In mercy, now, for Jesus' sake, 
God, our sins forgive ; 

Thy grace our stubborn hearts can break, 
And breaking, bid us live. 

A ^ Certainty of the resurrection dispels 

the gloom of the grave. CM. 

WHY do we mourn for dying friends, 
Or shake at death's alarms ? 
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, 
To call them to his arms. 

2 Are we not. tending upward too, 
As fast as time can move ? 

iSor should we wish the hours more slow, 
To keep us from our love. 

3 Why should we tremble to convey 
Their bodies to the tomb ? 

There once the flesh of Jesus lay, 
And left a long perfume. 

4 The graves of all his saints he blest, 
And soften' ed every bed : 

Where should the dying members rest, 
But with their dying Head ? 

5 Thence he arose, ascending high, 
And show'd our feet the way : 

Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly, 
At the great rising day. 

6 Then let the last loud trumpet sound, 
And bid our kindred rise : 

Awake, ye nations under ground ; 
Ye saints, ascend the skies. 



Hymns. 



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<4 3 Consolations in richness. C M. 

WHEN languor and disease invade 
This trembling house of clay, 
Tis sweet to look beyond my pains, 
And long to fly away 

2 Sweet to look inward, and attend 
The whispers of his love ; 

Sweet to look upward, to the place 
Where Jesus pleads above ; — 

3 Sweet to look back, and see my name 
In life's fair book set down ; 

Sweet to look forward, and behold 
Eternal joys my own ; — 

4 Sweet to reflect how grace divine 
My sins on Jesus laid ; 

Sweet to remember that his blood 
My debt of sufFring paid. 

5 Sweet to rejoice in lively hope, 
That, when my change shall come, 

Angels shall hover round my bed, 
And waft my spirit home. 

6 If such the sweetness of the stream, 
What must the fountain be, 

Where saints and angels draw their bliss 
Directly, Lord, from thee. 

4:4: Secrets of the heart made known. C M. 

AND must I be to judgment brought, 
And answer in that day 
For every vain and idle thought, 
And every word I say ? 

2 Yes, every secret of my heart 
Shall shortly be made known, 

And I receive my just desert 
For all that I have done. 

3 How careful then ought I to live ; 
With what religious fear ; 

Who such a strict account must give 
For my behaviour here. 

4 Thou awful Judge of quick and dead, 
The watchful power bestow ; 

So shall I to my ways take heed, — 
To all I speak or do. 

5 If now thou standest at the door, 

let me feel thee near ; 

And make my peace with God, before 

1 at thy bar appear. 

45 

The benefit of affliction. C. M. 

LORD, when to thee my sinking soul 
Did in aflliction fly ; 
Thy mercy did my griefs control, 
And all my wants supply. 

2 How oft when dark misfortune's band 

Around their victim stood, 
The seeming ill, at thy command, 

Hath changed to real good. 



3 The tempest that obscured the sky 
Hath set my spirit free 

From -earthly care and sensual joy, 
And turned my thoughts to thee. 

4 Aflliction's blast hath made me learn 
To feel for others' wo ; 

And humbly seek, with deep concern, 
My own defects to know. 

5 Then rage, ye storms ; ye billows, roar ; 
My heart defies your shock : 

Ye make me cling to God the more, — 
To God, my shelt'ring rock. 

46 The returning prodigal. C M. 

THE long-lost son, with streaming eyes, 
From folly just awake, 
Eeviews his wand'rings with surprise ; 
His heart begins to break. 

2 I starve, he cries, nor can I bear 
The famine in this land, 

While servants of my Father share 
The bounty of his hand. 

3 With deep repentance I'll return, 
And seek my Father's face ; 

Unworthy to be called a son, 
I'll ask a servant's place. 

4 Far off the Father saw him move, — 
In pensive silence mourn, — 

And quickly ran, with arms of love, 
To welcome Ms return. 

5 Through all the courts the tidings flew, 
And spread the joy around ; 

The angels tuned their harps anew, — 
The long-lost son is found. 

4:*? Frailty of life. CM. 

THEE we adore, eternal Name ! 
And humbly own to thee 
How feeble is our mortal frame — 
What dying worms are we ! 

2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, 
As days and months increase ; 

And every beating pulse we tell, 
Leaves but the number less. 

3 The year rolls round, and steals away 
The breath that first it gave : 

Whate'er we do, where'er we be, 
We're trav'ling to the grave. 

4 Dangers stand thick thro' all the ground, 
To push us to the tomb ; 

And fierce diseases wait around, 
To hurry mortals home. 

5 Infinite joy, or endless wo, 
Attends on every breath ; 

And yet how unconcerned we go, 
Upon the brink of death ! 

6 Waken, Lord, our drowsy sense 
To walk this dangerous road ; 

And if our souls are hurried hence, 
May they be found with God ! 



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Hymns. 



48 The sure foundation. C M. 

BEHOLD the sure foundation-stone 
Which God in Zion lays, 
To build our heavenly hopes upon, 
And his eternal praise. 

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, 
We now adore thy Name ; 

We trust our whole salvation here, 
Nor can we suffer shame. 

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, 
Eejeet it with disdain ; 

Yet on this Rock the church shall rest, 
And envy rage in vain. 

4 What though the gates of hell withstood, 
Yet must this building rise ; 

"Tig thine own work, almighty God, 
And wondrous in our eyes. 

Steadfast faith. CM. 

MY God, I know, I feel thee mine, 
And will not quit my claim, 
Till all I have is lost in thine, 
And all renewed I am. 

2 I hold thee with a trembling hand, 

And will not let thee go, 
Till steadfastly by faith I stand, 

And all thy goodness know. 



OU National deliverances ascribed to God. CM. 

OLORD, our fathers oft have told, 
In our attentive ears, 
Thy wonders in their days perform' d, 
And in more ancient years. 

2 'Twas not their courage, or their sword, 
To them salvation gave ; 

'Twas not their number, or their strength, 
That did their country save. 

3 But thy right hand, thy powerful arm, 
Whose succour they implored, — 

Thy providence protected them, 
W ho thy great Name adored. 

4 As thee their God our fathers own'd, 
So thou art still our King ; 

O, therefore, as thou didst to them, 
To us deliv'rance bring. 

5 To thee the glory we ascribe, 
From whom salvation came ; 

In God, our shield, we will rejoice, 
And ever bless thy Name. 

^ Impending judgments. C M. 

C£)ME, let our souls adore the Lord, 
Whose judgments yet delay ; 
Who yet suspends the lifted sword, 
And gives us time to pray. 



2 Great is our guilt, our fears are great, 
But let us not despair ; 

Still open is the mercy-seat 
To penitence and prayer. 

3 Kind Intercessor, to thy love 
This blessed hope we owe : 

let thy merits plead above, 
While we implore below. 

4 Though justice near thy awful throne 
Attends thy dread command, 

Lord, hear thy servants, hear thy Son, 
And save a guilty land. 

52 What is prayer ? CM. 

PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, 
Utter' d or unexpressed ; 
The motion of a hidden fire 
That trembles in the breast. 

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, — 
The falling of a tear, — 

The upward glancing of an eye, 
When none but God is near. 

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech, 
That infant lips can try ; 

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach 
The Majesty on high. 

4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, 
The Christian's native air ; 

His watchword at the gates of death,- — 
He enters heaven with prayer. 

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, 
Returning from his ways ; 

While angels, in their songs, rejoice, 
And cry, — Behold, he prays ! 

6 O Thou, by whom we come to God, 
The Life, the Truth, the Way,— 

The path of prayer thyself hast trod : — 
Lord, teach us how to pray. 

o3 Exulting in the final victory. CM. 

WHEN the last trumpet's awful voice 
This rending earth shall shake, — 
When opening graves shall yield their 
charge, 
And dust to life awake, — 

2 Those bodies that corrupted fell 
Shall incorrupt arise, 

And mortal forms shall spring to life 
Immortal in the skies. 

3 Behold, what heavenly prophets sung 
Is now at last fulfilled ; 

And Death yields up his ancient reign, 
And, vanquished, quits the field. 

4 Let faith exalt her joyful voice, 
And now in triumph sing : — 

Grave, where is thy victory ? 
And where, Death, thy sting ? 



Hymns. 



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54: ^ perfect heart the Redeemer's throne. C. M. 

OFOR a heart to praise my God, 
A heart from sin set free ; — 
A heart that always feels thy blood, 
So freely spilt for me : 

2 A heart resign'd, submissive, meek, 
My great Kedeemer's throne ; 

Where only Christ is heard to speak, — 
Where Jesus reigns alone. 

3 for a lowly, contrite heart, 
Believing, true, and clean ; 

Which neither life nor death can part 
From Him that dwells within : — 

4 A heart in every thought renew' d, 
And full of love divine ; 

Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, 
A copy, Lord, of thine. 

5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart ; 
Come quickly from above ; 

Write thy new name upon my heart,— 
Thy new, best name of Love. 

£)5 The believer 1 s rest. CM. 

LORD, I believe a rest remains 
To all thy people known ; 
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, 
And thou art loved alone : 

2 A rest where all our soul's desire 
Is fix'd on things above ; 

Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, 
Cast out by perfect love. 

3 that I now the rest might know, 
Believe, and enter in : 

Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, 
And let me cease from sin. 

4 Kemove this hardness from my heart ; 
This unbelief remove : 

To me the rest of faith impart, 
The Sabbath of thy love. 



56; 



The saints in glory. 



C. M. 



fJIVE me the wings of faith to rise 
" Within the veil, and see 
Tl^e saints above, how great their joys, 
How bright their glories be. 

2 Once they were mourners here below, 
And poured out cries and tears ; 

They wrestled hard, as we do now, 
With sins, and doubts, and fears. 

3 I ask them whence their vict'ry came ; 
They, with united breath, 

Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, — 
Their triumph to his death. 



4 They mark'd the footsteps that he teod;, 
His zeal inspired their breast ; 

And, following their incarnate God, 
Possess the promised rest. 

5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise 
For his own pattern given : 

While the long cloud of witnesses 
Show the same path to heaven. 



5 ^ Efficacy of the atoning blood. C. M. 

THEEE is a fountain fill'd with blood, 
Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; 
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, 
Lose all their guilty stains. 

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see 
That fountain in his day ; 

And there may I, though vile as he, 
Wash all my sins away. 

3 Thou dying Lamb ! thy precious blood 
Shall never lose its power 

Till all the ransom' d Church of God 
Are saved, to sin no more. 

4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream 
Thy flowing wounds supply, 

Redeeming love has been my theme, 
And shall be, till I die. 

5 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song, 
I'll sing thy power to save, 

When this poor lisping,stamm'ring tongue, 
Lies silent in the grave. 



The Sun of righteousness. 



C. M. 



58 



OSUN of righteousness, arise 
With healing in thy wing ; 
To my diseased, my fainting soul, 
Life and salvation bring. 

2 These clouds of pride and sin dispel. 
By thy all-piercing beam : 

Lighten mine eyes with faith ; my heart 
With holy hope inflame. 

3 My mind, by thy all-quick'ning power 
From low desires set free ; 

Unite my scatter'd thoughts, and fix 
My love entire on thee. 

4 Father, thy long-lost son receive ; 
Saviour, thy purchase own ; 

Blest Comforter, with peace and joy 
Thy new-made creature crown. 

5 Eternal, undivided Lord, 
Co-equal One in Three, — 

On thee all faith, all hope be placed ; 
All love be paid to thee. 



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Hymns. 



Founded on a Rock. 



C. M. 



WITH stately towers and bulwarks 
Unrivalled and alone, — [strong, 
Loved theme of many a sacred song, — 
God's holy city shone. 

2 Thus fair was Zion's chosen seat, 
The glory of all lands ; 

Yet fairer, and in strength complete, 
The Christian temple stands. 

3 The faithful of each clime and age 
This glorious Church compose ; 

Built on a Eock, with idle rage 
The threat'rring tempest blows. 

4 Fear not ; though hostile bands alarm, 
Thy God is thy defence ; 

And weak and powerless every arm 
Against Omnipotence. 

00 Revelation welcomed and disseminated. C. M. 

HAIL, sacred truth ! whose piercing rays 
Dispel the shades of night 
Diffusing o'er a ruin'd world 
The healing beams of light. 

2 Thy word, Lord, with friendly aid, 
Kestores our wand'ring feet ; 

Converts the sorrows of the mind 
To joys divinely sweet. 

3 send thy light and truth abroad, 
In all their radiant blaze : 

And bid the' admiring world adore 
The glories of thy grace. 

6 1 Bovl an d tody dedicated to the Lord. C. M. 

LET Him to whom we now belong, 
His sov'reign right assert ; 
And take up every thankful song, 
And every loving heart. 

• 2 He justly claims us for his own, 

Who bought us with a price : 
The Christian lives to Christ alone ; 

To Christ alone he dies. 

3 Jesus, thine own at last receive ; 
Fulfil our heart's desire ; 

And let us to thy glory live, 
And in thy cause expire. 

4 Our souls and bodies we resign ; 
With joy we render thee 

Our all, — no longer ours, but thine 
To all eternity. 

62 Life, light and love. C. M. 

ENTHRONED on high, Almighty Lord, 
The Holy Ghost send down ; 
Julfil in us thy faithful word, 
And all thy mercies crown. 



2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire 
Their wondrous powers impart, 

Grant, Saviour, what we more desire, — 
Thy Spirit in our heart. 

3 Spirit of life, and light, and love, 
Thy heavenly influence give ; 

Quicken our souls, our guflt remove, 
That we in Christ may live. 

4 To our benighted minds reveal 
The glories of his grace, 

And bring us where no clouds conceal 
The brightness of his face. 

5 His love within us shed abroad,— 
Life's ever-springing well ; 

Till God in us, and we in God, 
In love eternal dwell. 



63 Light and glory of ths sacred page, C. M. 

WHAT glory gilds the sacred page 
Majestic, like the sun, 
It gives a light to every age ; 
It gives, but borrows none. 

2 The power that gave it still supplies 
The gracious light and heat ; 

Its truths upon the nations rise : 
They rise, but never set. 

3 Lord ! everlasting thanks be thine 
For such a bright display, 

As makes a world of darkness shine 
With beams of heavenly day. 

4 Our souls rejoicingly pursue 
The steps of Him welove, 

Till glory break upon our view 
In brighter worlds above. 



64: The Desire of all nations. C. M. 

COME, thou Desire of all thy saints, 
Our humble strains attend, 
While, with our praises and complaints, 
Low at thy feet we bend. 

2 How should our songs like those above, 
With warm devotion rise ; 

How should our souls, on wings of love, 
Mount upward to the skies. 

3 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise 
In us the heavenly flame ; 

Then shall our Hps resound thy praise, 
Our hearts adore thy name. 

4 Now, Saviour, let thy glory shine, 
And fill thy dwellings here, 

Till life, and love, and joy divine, 
A heaven on earth appear. 

5 Then shall our hearts enraptured say, — 
Come, great Redeemer, come, 

And bring the bright, the glorious day, 
That calls thy children home. 



Hymns. 



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(5«3 ! " uch know ^ff e » <GO wonderful for us. C. M . 

SHALL foolish, weak, short-sighted man 
Beyond the angels go, — 
The great Almighty God explain, 
Or to perfection know ? 

2 His attributes divinely soar 
Above the creature's sight, 

And prostrate seraphim adore 
The glorious Infinite. 

3 The brightness of his glory leaves 
Description far below ; 

Ner man's nor angel's heart conceives 
How deep his mercies flow. 

4 His grace is most unsearchable, 
And dazzles all above; 

They gaze, but cannot count or tell 
The treasures of his love. 



Morning ; Grateful praise. C. M. 

LORD of my life, may thy praise 
Employ my noblest powers, 
Whose goodness lengthens out my days, 
And fills the circling hours. 

2 While many spent the night in sighs, 
And restless pains and woes, 

In gentle sleep I closed my eyes, 
And undisturbed repose. 

3 O let the same almighty care 
My waking hours attend ; 

From every danger, every snare, 
My heedless steps defend. 

4 Smile on my minutes as they roll, 
And guide my future days ; 

And let thy goodness fill my soul 
With gratitude and praise. 

67 The incarnate God. CM, 

COME, Holy Ghost, inspire our songs 
With thine immortal flame ; 
Enlarge our hearts, unloose our tongues, 
To praise the Saviour's name. 

2 How great the riches of his grace ! 

He left his throne above, 
And, swift to save our ruin'd race, 

He flew on wings of love. 

5 Now pardon, life, and joys divine, 
In rich abundance flow, 

For guilty rebels, dead in sin, 
And doom'd to endless wo. 

4 The' almighty Former of the skies 
Stoop' d to our low abode : 

While angels view'd, with wond' ring eyes, 
And hail'd the' incarnate God. 

5 Renew our souls with heavenly strength, 
That we may fully prove, 

The height, and depth, and breadth, and 
Of such transcendent love. [length 



68 

A blessing supplicated. C. M. 

OGod, though countless worlds of light 
Thy power and glory show, — 
Though round thy throne, above all height, 
Immortal seraphs glow, — 

2 Yet, Lord, where'er thy saints apart 
Are met for praise and prayer, — 

Wherever sighs a contrite heart, 
Thou, gracious God, art there. 

3 With grateful joy, thy children rear 
This temple, Lord, to thee ; 

Long may they sing thy praises here, 
And here thy beauty see. 

4 Here, Saviour, deign thy saints to meet; 
With peace their hearts to fill ; 

And here, like Sharon's odours sweet, 
May gra<ie divine distil. 

5 Here may thy truth fresh triumphs win ; 
Eternal Spirit, here, 

In many a heart, now dead in sin, 
A living temple rear. 



God's blessing ensures success. 



69 

NOW, Lord, fulfil thy faithful word — 
Thy servants' labours bless ; 
i Now let the prayer of faith be heard, 
And grant them full success. 

2 Long have they in thy vineyard wrought, 

And with unwearied toil ; 
; Alas ! they spend their strength for nought, 
j Upon a sterile soil. 

I 3 Arise, God, exert thy nower ; 

Thy people's hopes sustain ; 
And richly on thy vineyard shower 
The first and latter rain. 

4 Lord, we commend the work to thee ; 

Thy servants guide and bless ; 
Thy guidance gives security, — 

Thy blessing, — full success. 

^ O Reigning, and interceding for sinners. C. M. 

SEE Jesus rising from the grave ; 
Behold him raised on high ; 
He pleads his merits there, to save . 
Transgressors doom'd to die. 

2 There, on a glorious throne, he reigns ; 
And by his power divine, 

Redeems us from the slavish chains 
Of Satan and of sin. 

3 Thus saved, may we with joy appear 
In heaven before his face ; 

And, with the bless' d assembly there, 
Sing his redeeming grace. 



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Hymns. 



Y J. Enter into thy closet. C. M 

FATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord, 
I humbly seek thy face ; 
Encouraged by the Saviour's word 
To ask thy pard'ning grace. 

2 Ent'ring into my closet, I 
The busy world exclude ; 

In secret prayer for mercy cry, 
And groan to be renew'd. 

3 Far from the naths of men, to thee 
I solemnly retire ; 

See, thou who dost in secret see, 
And grant my heart's desire. 

4 Fain would I all thy goodness feel, 
And know my sins'forgiven ; 

And do on earth thy perfect will, 
As angels do in heaven. 

Light shining out of darkness. C. M 

GOD moves in a mysterious way, 
His wonders to perform ; 
He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
And rides upon the storm. 

2 Deep in unfathomable mines 
Of never-failing skill, 

He treasures up his bright designs, 
And works his sov'reign will. 

3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take : 
The clouds ye so much dread 

Are big with mercy, and shall break 
In blessings on your head. 

4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
But trust him for his grace ; 

Behind a frowning providence 
He hides a smiling face. 

5 His purposes will ripen fast, 
Unfolding every hour : 

The bud may have a bitter taste, 
But sweet will be the flower. 

6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 
And scan his work in vain : 

God is his own interpreter, 
And he will make it plain. 

Glory to God in the highest. C. M. 

MORTALS, awake, with angels join, 
And chant the solemn lay , 
Joy, love, and gratitude combine, 
To hail the' auspicious day. 

2 In heaven the rapt'rous song began, 
And sweet seraphic fire 

Through all the shinin.«r legions ran, 
And strung and tuned the lyre. 

3 Swift through the vast expanse it flew, 
And loud the echo rolled ; 

The theme, the song, the joy, was new,--- 
'Twas more than heaven could hold* 



4 Down through the portals of the sky 
The' impetuous torrent ran ; 

And angels flew, with eager joy, 
To bear the news to man. 

5 With joy the chorus we repeat,— 
Glory to God on high ! 

Good-will and peace are now complete — 
Jesus was born to die. 

6 Hail, Prince of Life, forever hail ! 
Eedeemer, Brother, Friend ! 

Though earth, and time, and life shall fail 
Thy praise shall never ©nd. 

7 Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, 
And glory leads the song : 

Good-will and peace are heard throughout 
The' harmonious heavenly throng. 

Heaven and earth are fall of His glory. C M- 

! "ETERNAL Wisdom ! thee we praise, 

Thee the creation sings : 
| With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas r 

And heaven's high palace, rings. 
2 Thy hand, how wide it spreads the sky. 

How glorious to behold ! 
Tinged with a blue of heavenly die, 
And starr' d with sparkling gold. 

8 There thou hast bid the globes of light 
Their endless circuits run ; 

There the pale planet rules the night ; 
The day obeys the sun. 

4 Thy glories blaze all nature round,. 
And strike the wond'ring sight, 

Through skies, and seas, and solid ground., 
With terror and delight. 

5 Infinite strength, and equal skill, 
Shine through thy works abroad : 

Our souls with vast amazement fill, 
And speak the builder God ! 

6 But the mild glories of thy grace 
Our softer passions move : 

Pity divine in Jesus' face, 
We see, adore, and love. 

tjf P£ Not^xshamed of the Gospel. CM 

I'M not ashamed to own my Lord,, 
Or to defend his cause ; 
Maintain the honor of his word, — 
The glory of his cross. 

2 Jesus, my God ! — I know his name ; 
His name is all my trust ; 

Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
Nor let my hope be lost. 

3 Firm as his throne his promise stands 
And he can well secure 

What Tve committed to his hands, 
Till the decisive hour. 

4 Then will he own my worthless name.. 
Before his Father's face, 

And in the New J erusalem 
Appoint my soul a place. 



Hymns. 



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^ Q Morning : the Sun of righteousness. G. M. 

AWAKE, my soul, to meet the day ; 
Unfold thy drowsy eyes, 
And burst the heavy chain that binds 
Thine active faculties. 

2 God's guardian shield was round me 
In my defenceless sleep : [spread 

Let Him have all my waking hours 
Who doth my slumbers keep. 

3 Pardon, O God, my former sloth, 
And arm my soul with grace ; 

As rising, riow I seal my vows 
To prosecute thy ways. 

4 Bright Sun of righteousness, arise ; 
Thy radiant beams display ; 

And guide my dark, bewilder'd soul, 
To everlasting day. 

^ ^ God's servants safe by sea or land. G. M. 

HOW are thy servants blest, Lord ; 
How sure is their defence ! 
Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
Their help, — omnipotence. 

2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, 
Supported by thy care, 

Through burning climes they pass unhurt, 
And breathe in tainted air. 

3 When by the dreadful tempest borne 
High on the broken wave, 

They know thou art not slow to hear, 
Nor impotent to save. 

4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, 
Obedient to thy will ; 

The sea, that roars at thy command, 
At thy command is still. 

5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, 
Thy goodness we'll adore ; 

We'll praise thee for thy mercies past, 
And humbly hope for more. 

6 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life, 
Thy sacrifice shall be ; 

And death — when death shall be our lot — 
Shall join our souls to thee. 

^ § The kingdoms are but one. G. M. 

HAPPY the soul to Jesus join'd, 
And saved by grace alone ; 
Walking in all his ways, they find 
Their heaven on earth begun. 

2 The church triumphant in thy love, 
Their mighty joys we know : 

They sing the Lamb in hymns above, 
And we in hymns below. 

3 Thee in thy glorious realm they praise,- 
And bow before thy throne : 

We in the kingdom of thy grace : 
The kingdoms are but one. 

4 The holy to the holiest leads, 
And thence our spirits rise ; 

For he that in thy statutes treads, 
Shall meet thee in the skies* 



^ ^ Christ the Conqueror. C. M» 

JESUS, immortal King, arise ; 
Assert thy rightful sway ; 
Till earth, subdued, its tribute brings, 
And distant lands obey. 

2 Ride forth, victorious Conqu'ror, ride. 
Till all thy foes submit, 

And all the powers of hell resign 
Their trophies at thy feet. 

3 Send forth thy word, and let it fly 
The spacious earth around, 

Till every soul beneath the sun 
Shall hear the joyful sound. 

4 may the great Eedeemer's Name 
Through every clime be known, 

And heathen gods, forsaken, fall, 
And Jesus reign alone. 

5 From sea to sea, from shore to shore, 
Be thou, Christ, adored, 

And earth, with all her millions, shout 
Hosannas to the Lord. 

§0 TFe will rejoice and be glad in it. G. M 

THIS is the day the Lord hath made : 
O earth, rejoice and sing ; 
Let songs of triumph hail the morn ; 
Hosanna to our King ! 

2 The Stone the builders set at naught, 
That Stone has now become 

The sure foundation, and the strength 
Of Zion's heavenly dome. 

3 Christ is that stone, rejected once, 
And number' d with the slain ; 

Now raised in glory, o'er his Church 
Eternally to reign. 

4 This is the day the Lord hath made : 
earth, rejoice and sing ; 

With songs of triumph hail the morn ; 
Hosanna to our King ! 

^ Retirement and meditation. G. M 

FAR from the world, Lord, I flee, 
From strife and tumult far ; 
From scenes where Satan wages still 
His most successful war. 

2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, 
With prayer and praise agree ; 

And seem by thy sweet bounty made 
For those who follow thee. 

3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, 
And grace her mean abode, 

with what peace, and joy, and love, 
Does she commune with God ! 

4 Author and Guardian of my life, 
Sweet Source of light divine, 

And all harmonious names in one, 
My Saviour, — thou art mine ! 

5 The thanks I owe thee, and the love, 
A boundless, endless store, 

Shall echo through the realms above 
When time shall be no more. 



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Hymns. 



All-sufficiency of the Gospel. 



C. M. 



83 

THE gospel ! 0, what endless charms 
Dwell in that blissful sound ■ 
Its influence every fear disarms, 
And spreads delight around. 

2 Here pardon, life, and joy divine, 
In rich effusion flow, 

For guilty rebels, lost in sin, 
And doomed to endless wo. 

3 The' almighty Former of the skies 
Stoops to our vile abode ; 

While angels view, with wond'ring eyes 
And hail the' incarnate God. 

4 How rich the depths of love divine ! 
Of bliss a boundless store ! 

Eedeemer, let me call thee mine, — 
Thy fulness I implore. 

5 On thee alone my hope relies ; 
Beneath thy cross I fall ; 

My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, 
My Saviour, and my all ! 



83 

The glories of our King. C. M. 

COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, 
And joy to make it known, 
The Sov'reign of your hearts proclaim, 
And bow before his throne. 

2 Behold your Lord, your Master, crown' d 
With glories all divine : 

And tell the wond'ring nations round, 
How bright those glories shine. 

3 When, in his earthly courts, we view 
The glories of our King, 

We long to love, as angels do, 
And wish, like them, to sing. 

4 And shall we long and wish in vain ? 
Lord, teach our songs to rise : 

Thy love caL animate the strain, 
And bid it reach the skies. 



| 2 In darkest shades, if thou appear, 

My dawning is begun ; 
Thou art my soul's bright morning star, 
And thou my rising sun. 

3 The opening heavens around me shine 
W T ith beams of sacred bliss, 

If Jesus shows his mercy mine, 
And whispers I am his. 

4 My soul would leave this heavy clay 
At that transporting word, 

Run up with joy the shining way, 
To see and praise my Lord. • * 

, 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death, 

I'd break through every foe ; 
The wings of love and arms of faith 
Would bear me conqu'ror through, 

86 Evening : Solitude, C. M 

I LOVE to steal awhile away 
From every cumb'ring care, 
And spend the hours of setting day 
I In humble, grateful prayer. 

2 I love in solitude to shed 
The penitential tear, 

And all his promises to plead 
Where none but God can hear. 

3 I love to think on mercies past, 
And future good implore, — 

And all my cares and sorrows cast 
On Him whom I adore. 

I 4 I love by faith to take a view 

Of brighter scenes in heaven ; 
The prospect doth my strength renew, 
While here by tempests driven. 

5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er, 
May its departing ray 

Be calm as this impressive hour, 
And lead to endless day. 



Praise? to the Incarnate Son. 



C. M. 



84 

OFGR a thousand seraph tongues 
To bless the' incarnate Word ! 
O for a thousand thankful songs 
In honour of my Lord ! 

2 Come, tune afresh your golden lyres, 
Ye angels round the throne ; 

Ye saints, in all your sacred choirs, 
Adore the' eternal Son. 



8 «5 Triumphant joy. 

MY God, the spring of all my jovs, 
The life of my delights, 
The glory of my brightest days, 
And comfort of my nights :— 



§ ^ The type of everlasting rest. C. "St 

COME, let us join with one acco" 
In hymns around the throne . 
This is the day our rising Lord 
Hath made and call'd his own. 

2 This is the day which God hath blest s 
The brightest of the seven, 

Type of that everlasting rest 
The saints enjoy in heaven. 

3 Then let us in his name sing on, 
And hasten to that day 

When our Eedeemer shall come down, 
CM. And shadows pass away. 

4 Not one, but all our days below, 
Let us in hymns employ ; 

And, in our Lord rejoicing, go 
I To his eternal joy. 



Hymns. 



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^ ^ Confession, prayer, and praise. C. M. 

LORD ! when we bend before thy throne, 
And our confessions pour, 
may we feel the sins we own, 
And hate what we deplore. 

2 Our contrite spirits pitying see ; 
True penitence impart ; 

<\nd let a healing ray from thee 
Beam peace into each heart. 

3 When we disclose our wants in prayer, 
O let our wills resign ; 

And not a thought our bosom share, 
Which is not wholly thine. 

4 And when with heart and voice we strive 
Our grateful hymns to raise, 

Let love divine within us live, 
And fill our souls with praise. 

5 Then, on thy glories while we dwell, 
Thy mercies we'll review ; 

With love divine, transported, tell — 
Thou, God, art Father too ! 

§ Q The Spirit 1 s enlightening influences. C. M. 

pOME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire ; 
^ Let us thine influence prove ; — 
Source of the old prophetic fire ; 
Fountain of life and love. 

2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee 
The prophets wrote and spoke : 

Unlock the truth, thyself the key ; 
Unseal the sacred book. 

3 Expand thy wings, Celestial Dove ; 
Brood o'er our nature's night ; 

On our disorder' d spirits move, 
And let there now be light. 

4 God, through himself, we then shall 
If thou within us shine ; [know, 

And sound, with all thy saints below, 
The depths of love divine. 



Casting all your care upon Him. C. M. 



90 

STILL on the Lord thy burden roll, 
Nor let a care remain ; 
His mighty arm shall bear thy soul, 
And all thy griefs sustain. 

2 Ne'er will the Lord his aid deny 

To those who trust his love ; 
And they who on his grace rely, 

Shall sing his praise above. 

91 

Are they not all ministering spirits? 0. M. 

THICH of the monarchs of the earth 
i Can boast a guard like ours, — 
Encircled from our second birth 
With all the heavenly powers. 
2 Myriads of bright, cherubic bands, 

Sent by the King of kings, 
Rejoice to bear us in their hands, 
And shade us with their wings. 



3 Angels, where'er we go, attend 
Our steps, whate'er betide ; 

With watchful care their charge defend, 
And evil turn aside. 

4 Our lives those holy angels keep 
From every hostile power; 

And, unconcern'd, we sweetly sleep, 
As Adam in his bower. 

5 And when our spirits we resign, 
On outstretch' d wings they bear, 

And lodge us in the arms divine, 
And leave us ever there. 



93 The good pleasure of his will. C. M 

I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, 
And ever prays for me : 
A token of his love he gives, — 
A pledge of liberty. 

2 I find him lifting up my head ; 
He brings salvation near ; 

His presence makes me free indeed, 
And he will soon appear. 

3 He wills that I should holy be ! 
What can withstand his will ? 

The counsel of his grace in me 
He surely shall fulfil. 

4 Jesus, I hang upon thy word 
I steadfastly believe 

Thou wilt return, and claim me, Lord, 
And to thyself receive. 

5 When God is mine, and I am his, 
Of paradise possess'd, 

I taste unutterable bliss, 
And everlasting rest. 



Excellency and sufficiency. 



C. M. 



93 

FATHER of mercies, in thy word 
What endless glory shines ; 
Forever be thy Name adored 
For these celestial lines. 

2 Here may the wretched sons of want, 
Exhaustless riches find ; 

Riches above what earth can grant, 
And lasting as the mind. 

3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
And yields a free repast ; 

Sublimer sweets than nature knows 
Invite the longing taste. 

4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 
Spreads heavenly peace around ; 

And life, and everlasting joys, 
Attend the blissful sound. 

5 O may these heavenly pages be 
Our ever dear delight ; 

And still new beauties may we see, 
And still increasing light. 

6 Divine Instructer, gracious Lord, 
Be thou forever near ; 

Teach us to love thy sacred word, 
And view the Saviour there. 



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Hymns. 



The great and effectual aoor. 



0, 



94: 

JESUS, thou all-redeeming Lord, 
Thy blessing we implore ; 
Open the door to preach thy word, 
The great, effectual door. 

2 Gather the outcasts in, and save 
From sin and Satan's power; 

And let them now acceptance have, 
And know their gracious hour. 



3 Lover of souls ! thou know'st to prize 
What, thou hast bought so dear : 

Come, then, and in thy people's eyes 
With all thy wounds appear. 

4 Appear, as when of oM confess'd, 
The suffering Son of God ; 

And let us see thee in thy vest, 
But newly dipp'd in blood. 

5 The hardness of our hearts remove, 
Thou who for all hast died : 

Show us the tokens of thy love, 
Thy feet, thy hands, thy side. 

6 Eeady thou art the blood to' apply, 
And prove the record true : 

And all thy wounds to sinners cry, 
I suffer' d this for you. 

95 Delightful assurance. C. ft 

£ OV'EEIGN of all the worlds on high, 
^ Allow my humble claim ; 
Nor while, unworthy, I draw nigh, 
Disdain a Father's name. 

2 My Father, God ! that gracious word 
Dispels my guilty fear ; 

Not all the notes by angels heard 
Could so delight my ear. 

3 Come, Holy Ghost, thyself impress 
On my expanding heart ; 

And show that in the Father's grace 
I share a filial part. 

4 Cheer 7 d by that witness from on high, 
Unwav'ring I believe ; 

And Abba, Father, humbly cry ; 
Nor can the sign deceive. 



For a parting blessing. 



96 

"VTOW may the God of peace and love, 
-L' Who from the' impris'ning grave 
Eestored the Shepherd of the sheep, 
Omnipotent to save ; — 

2 Through the rich merits of that blood 

Which he on Calvary spilt, 
To make the 7 eternal cov'nant sure, 

On which our hopes are built ; — 



3 Perfect our souls in every grace, 
To' accomplish all his will ; 

And all that's pleasing in his sight 
Inspire us to fulfil. 

4 For the great Mediator's sake 
We every blessing pray ; 

With glory let his name be crown' d, 
Through heaven's eternal day. 



Omniscience and omnipresence. 



CM, 



9? 

FATHEE of spirits, nature's God, 
Our thoughts are known to thee ; 
Thou, Lord, canst hear each idle word, 
And every action see. 

2 Could we, on morning's swiftest wings, 
Fly through the trackless air, 

Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs, 
Thy presence would be there. 

3 In vain may guilt attempt to fly, 
Conceal' d by darkest night ; 

One glance from thy all-piercing eye 
Can bring it all to light. 

4 Search thou our hearts, and there de- 

stroy 

Each secret bosom sin, 
And fit us for those realms of joy, 
That we may enter in. 



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Light vpon the narrow path. 



C. M. 



B EIGHT was the guiding star that led, 
With mild, benignant ray, 
The Gentiles to the lowly shed 
Where the Eedeemer lay. 

2 But lo ! the Scriptures' clearer light 
Now points to his abode ; 

It shines through sin and sorrow's night, 
To guide us to our God. 

3 let us tread the narrow path, 
While light and grace are given ; 

And thus escape the coming wrath, 
And reign with him in heaven. 



|^C^ Now is the accepted time. 

NOW, even now ; I yield, I yield. 
With all my sins to part ; 
I Eedeemer, speak my pardon seal'd, 
And purify my heart. 

| 2 Jesus, now my heart inspire 
With that pure iove of thine ; 

| Enkindle now the heavenly fire, 
To brighten and refine. 

' 3 Now purify my faith like gold ; 
j The dross of sin remove ; 
I Melt down my spirit, Lord, and mould 
| Into thy perfect love. 



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1QQ Ceaseless praise. C. M. 

THE glorious armies of the sky 
To thee, almighty King, 
Triumphant anthems consecrate, 
And hallelujahs sing. 

2 But still their most exalted nights 
Fall vastly short of thee ; 

How distant then must human praise 
From thy perfections be. 

3 Yet how, my God, shall I refrain, 
When, to my ravish' d sense, 

Each creature everywhere around 
Displays thy excellence ? 

4 Thy num'rous works exalt thee, Lord, 
Nor will I silent be ; 

O rather let me cease to breathe, 
Than cease from praising thee. 

101 Evening : Cheerful confidence. CM. 

IN mercy, Lord, remember me, 
Through all the hours of night, 
And grant to me most graciously 
The safeguard of thy might. 

2 With cheerful heart I close mine eyes, 
Since thou wilt not remove : 

0, in the morning let me rise 
Eejoicing in thy love. 

3 Or, if this night should prove my last, 
And end my transient days • 

Lord, take me to thy promised rest, 
Where I may sing thy praise. 

10/3 Communion with saints in heaven. C. M. 

COME, let us join our friends above, 
That have obtain' d the prize ; 
And on the eagle wings of love 
To joys celestial rise. 

2 Let all the saints terrestrial sing, 
With those to glory gone ; 

For all the servants of our King, 
In earth and heaven, are one. 

3 One family we dwell in Him, 
One church, above, beneath, 

Though now divided by the stream, 
The narrow stream, of death. 

4 One army of the living God, 
To his command we bow ; 

Part of his host have crossed the flood, 
And part are crossing now. 

5 Ten thousand to their endless home 
This solemn moment fly ; 

And we are to the margin come, 
And we expect to die. 

6 His militant embodied host, 
With wishful looks we stand, 

And long to see that happy coast, 
And reach the heavenly land. 



103 The God °f Bethel. C. M 

OGOD of Bethel, by whose hand 
Thy people still are fed, 
Who, through this weary pilgrimage, 
Hast all our fathers led. 

2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present, 
Before thy throne of grace : 

God of our fathers ! be the God 
Of their succeeding race. 

3 Through each perplexing path of life, 
Our wandering footsteps guide ; 

Give us each day our daily bread, 
And all we need provide . 

4 spread thy cov'ring wings around, 
Till all our wand'rings cease, 

And at our Father's loved abode, 
Our souls arrive in peace. 

5 Such blessings, from thy gracious hand, 
Our humble prayers implore ; 

And thou shalt be our chosen God, 
Our portion evermore. N 

104 Lord, help my unbelief. C. M 

HOW sad our state by nature is, 
Our sin, how deep its stains ; 
And Satan binds our captive souls 
Fast in his slavish chains. 

2 But there's a voice of sov' reign grace 
Sounds from the sacred word : — 

Ho ! ye despairing sinners, come, 
And trust a faithful Lord. 

3 My soul obeys the gracious call, 
And runs to this relief ; 

I would believe thy promise, Lord ; 
help my unbelief ! 

4 To the blest fountain of thy blood, 
Incarnate God, I fly ; 

Here let me wash my guilty soul 
From crimes of deepest dye. 

5 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, 
Into thine arms I fall ; 

Be thou my strength and righteousness y — 
My Jesus, and my all. 



The steward of the Lord. 



105 

FATHEK, into thy hands alone 
I have my all restored : 
My all, thy property I own : 
The steward of the Lord. 

2 Confiding wholly in thy love, 
Through Jesus strength'ning me, 

I wait thy faithfulness to prove, 
And give back all to thee. 

j 3 Determined all thy will to' obey, 

Thy blessings I restore ; 
Give, Lord, or take thy gifts away, 
I I praise thee evermore. 



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Hymns. 



God's bountiful goodness. CM. 

FOUNTAIN of mercy, God of love, 
How rich thy bounties are ! 
The rolling seasons, as they move 
Proclaim thy constant care. 

2 When in the bosom of the earth 
» The sower hid the grain, 

Thy goodness mark'd its secret birth, 
And sent the early rain. 

3 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was 

thine ; 

The plants in beauty grew ; 
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine, 
And the refreshing dew. 

4 These various mercies from above 
Matured the swelling grain ; 

A kindly harvest crowns t] ly love, 
And plenty fills the plain. 

5 We own and bless thy gracious sway ; 
Thy hand all nature hails : 

Seed-time nor harvest, night nor day, 
Summer nor winter, fails. 

1 T The P a storal office. C . M. 

LET Zion's watchmen all awake, 
And take the' alarm they give ; 
Now let them from the mouth of God 
Their awful charge receive. 

2 'Tis not a cause of small import, 
The pastor's care demands ; 

But what might fill an angel's heart, 
And fill'd a Saviour's hands. 

3 They watch for souls for which the Lord 
Did heavenly bliss forego ; 

For souls which must forever live 
In raptures, or in wo. 

4 May they in Jesus, whom they preach, 
Their own Redeemer see ; 

And watch thou daily o'er their souls, 
That they may watch for thee. 



3-08 God is love. CM. 

GREAT God ! to me the sight afford 
To him of oldallow'd; 
And let my faith behold its Lord, 
Descending in a cloud. 

2 In thy revealing Spirit come, 
Thine attributes proclaim, 

And to my # inmost soul make known 
The glories of thy Name. 

3 Jehovah, Christ, I thee adore, 
Who gav'st my soul to be ; 

Fountain of being and of power, 
And great in majesty. 



4 The Lord, the mighty God, thou art, 
But let me rather prove 

That name inspoken to my heart, • 
That fav'rite name of Love. 

5 Merciful Goa thyself proclaim 
In this polluted breast ; 

Mercy is thy distinguish' d name, 
And suits the sinner best. 

6 Our mis'ry doth for pity call, 
Our sin implores thy grace ; 

And thou art merciful to all 
Our lost, apostate race. 



100 The covenant iciih Abraham. CM 

HOW large the promise, how divine, 
To Abrah'm and his seed, — 
I am a God to thee and thine, 
Supplying all their need. 

2-The words of his unbounded love 

From age to age endure ; 
The Angel of the Cov'nant proves 

And seals the blessing sure. 

3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, 
To our great father given ; 

He takes our children to his arms, 
And calls them heirs of heaven. 

4 O God, how faithful are thy ways ! 
Thy love endures the same ; 

Nor from the promise of thy grace 
Blots out our children's name. 



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Missionaries commended to God. 



FATHER of mercies, condescend 
To hear our fervent prayer, 
While these our brethren we commend 
To thy paternal care. 

2 Before them set an open door ; 

Their faithful labours bless ; 
On them thy Holy Spirit pour, 
And crown them with success. 

; 3 Endow them with a heavenly mind ; 

Supply their every need ; 
! Make them in spirit meek, resign'd, 

But bold in word and deed. 

4 In every tempting, trying hour, 
Uphold them by thy grace ; 

And guard them by thy mighty power, 
• Till they shall end their race. 

5 Then, follow' d by a numerous train, 
Gather' d from heathen lands, 

A crown of life may they obtain 
From their Redeemer's hands. 



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111 The wanderer recalled. CM. 

RETURN, O wanderer, return, 
And seek thy Father's face ; 
Those new desires which in thee burn 
Were kindled by his grace. 

2 Return, O wanderer, return ; 
He hears thy humble sigh : 

He sees thy soften'd spirit mourn, 
When no one else is nigh. 

3 Return, O wanderer, return ; 
Thy Saviour bids thee live : 

Come to his cross, and, grateful, learn 
How freely he'll forgive. 

4 Return, O wanderer, return, 
And wipe the falling tear : 

Thy Father calls, — no longer mourn , 
'Tis love invites thee near. 

5 Return, wanderer, return ; 
Regain thy long-sought rest ; 

Thy Saviour's melting mercies yearn 
To clasp thee to his breast. 

11^ Baptized into his amth. C. M. 

JESUS, we lift our souls to thee; 
Thy Holy Spirit breathe, 
And let this little infant be 
Baptized into thy death. 

2 O let thine unction on Mm rest, 
Thy grace Ms soul renew, 

And write within Ms tender breast 
Thy name and nature too. 

3 If thou shouldst quickly end Ms days, 
Sis place with thee prepare ; 

And if thou lengthen out Ms race, 
Continue still thy care. 

4 Thy faithful servant let Mm prove, 
Begirt with truth divine ; 

A sharer in thy dying love, 
A follower of thine. 

113 

In time of peril c C. M. 

M Y Saviour from the wrath to come, 

From present evil save ; 
Avert the deep impending gloom,— 
The darkness of the grave. 

2 Still hold my soul in life, I pray ; 
A dying worm reprieve ; 

And let me all my lengthen' d day 
Unto thy glory live. 

3 Now, Lord, I have to thee made known 
My troubled soul's request ; 

And sink in calm dependence down, 
Within thine arms to rest : — 

4 Secure, in danger's darkest hour, 
Thy faithfulness to prove, 

Protected by almighty power, 
And everlasting love. 



Godly sorroxo at the cross. C M. 

ALAS ! and did my Saviour bleed ? 
And did my So v' reign die ? 
Would he devote that sacred head 
For such a worm as I ? 

2 Was it for crimes that I have done, 
He groan' d upon the tree ? 

Amazing pity ! grace unknown ! 
And love beyond degree ! 

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide 5 
And shut his glories in, 

When Christ, the mighty Maker, died, 
For man, the creature's sin. 

4 Thus might I hide my blushing face 
While his dear cross appears ; 

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
And melt mine eyes to tears. 

5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
The debt of love I owe : 

Here, Lord, I give myself away, — 
'Tis all that I can do. 

115 Gratitude and love. C. M 

IF human kindness meets return, 
And owns the grateful tie ; — 
If tender thoughts within us burn 
To. feel a friend is nigh. 

2 0, shall not warmer accents tell 
The gratitude we owe 

To Him who died our fears to quell, 
And save from endless wo ? 

3 While yet in anguish he survey' d 
Those pangs he would not flee, 

What love his latest words display'd !— 
Meet and remember me. 

4 Remember thee ! thy death, thy shame, 
The griefs which thou didst bear ! 

O mem'ry, leave no other name 
So deeply graven there. 

116 This is life eternal. G. M. 

THE wisdom own'd by all thy sons, 
To me, O God, impart ; 
The knowledge of the holy ones, — 

The understanding heart. 
Thy name, holy Father, tell 
To one who would believe ; 
To me thine onty Son reveal, — 
Thy Holy Spirit give. 

2 'Tis life eternal to believe 

The heavenly Persons mine : 
Father, and Son, and Spirit give 

That precious faith divine. 
A Trinity in Unity 

My soul shall then adore ; 
And love, and praise, and worship thee, 

Jehovah, evermore. 



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Hymns. 



^ The dissolution of all things. 

JESUS, to thy dear wounds we flee ; 
We shelter" in thy side ; 
Assured that all who trust in thee 
Shall evermore abide. 

2 Then let the thund'ring trumpet sound ; 
The latest lightnings glare ; 

The mountains melt; the solid ground 
Dissolve as liquid air ; 

3 The huge celestial bodies roll 
Amidst the gen'ral fire ; 

And shrivel as a parchment scroll, 
And all in smoke expire : — 

4 Yet still the Lord, the Saviour reigns, 
When nature is destroy'd ; 

And no created thing remains 
Throughout the flaming void. 

5 Sublime on his eternal throne, 
He speaks the' almighty word : 

His fiat is obey'd : 'tis done ; 
And paradise restored. 

6 So be it ; let this system end ; , 
This ruinous earth and skies ; 

The new Jerusalem descend, — 

The new creation rise. 
*l Thy power omnipotent assume ; 

Thy brightest majesty ; 
And when thou dost in glory corns, 

My Lord, remember me. 

118 T7ie Prince °f Peace > c - M - 

TO us a child of hope is born, 
To us a Son is given : 
Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 
Him, all the hosts of heaven. 

2 His name shall be the Prince of peace, 
For evermore adored, — 

The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 
The great and mighty Lord. 

3 His power, increasing, still shall spread : 
His reign no end shall know ; 

Justice shall guard his throne above, 
And peace abound below. 

4 To us a child of hope is born ; 
To us a Son is given ; — 

The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 
The mighty Lord of heaven. 

119 Self-loathed ; Christ exalted. C. M. 

COULD I lose myself in thee, 
Thy depth of mercy prove, — 
Thou vast, unfathomable sea 

Of unexhausted love. 
2 My humbled soul, when thou art near 

In dust and ashes lies : 
How shall a sinful worm appear, 

Or meet thy purer eyes ? 
Z I loathe myself when God I see, 

And into nothing fall ; 
Content if thou exalted be, 
And Christ be all in all. 



T7ie earnest and pledge of joys to come. C. M. 



WHY should the children of a King 
" Go mourning all their days ? 
Great Comforter, descend and bring 
The tokens of thy grace. 

2 Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints, 
And seal the heirs of heaven ? 

When wilt thou banish my complaints, 
And show my sins forgiven ? 

3 Assure my conscience of her part 
In the Kedeemer's blood ; 

And bear thy witness with my heart 
That I am born of God. 

4 Thou art the earnest of his love, — 
The pledge of joys to come ; 

May thy blest wings, celestial Dove, 
Safely convey me home. 

121 

The surrender. C. M. 

HOW oft have I the Spirit grieved, 
Since first with me he strove ; 
How obstinately disbelieved, 
And trampled on his love ! 
How have I sinn'd against the light ; 

Broken from his embrace • 
And would not, when I freely might, 
Be justified by grace. 

2 But after all that I have done 
To drive him from my heart, 

The Spirit leaves me not alone, — 

He doth not yet depart ; 
He will not give the sinner o'er ; 

Eeady e'en now to save, 
He bids me come as heretofore, 

That I his grace may have. 

3 I take thee at thy gracious word ; 
My foolishness I mourn ; 

And unto my redeeming Lord, 

However late, I turn : 
Saviour, I yield, I yield at last ; 

I hear thy speaking blood ; 
Myself, with all my sins, I cast 

On my atoning God. 

1^/^ Evening ; Relying upon divine grace. C, V 

LOED, thou wilt hear me when I pray , 
I am forever thine : 

1 fear before thee all the day, 
Nor would I dare to sin. 

2 And while I rest my weary head, 
From cares and business free, 

'Tis sweet conversing on my bed 
With mine own heart and thee. 

3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; 
And, when mv work is done, 

Great God, my faith, my hope relies 
Upon thy grace alone. 

4 Thus, with my thoughts composed to 
I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; [peace, 

Thy hand in safety keeps my days, 
And will my slumbers keep. 



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Renewing the covenant. CM. 

COME, let us use the grace divine, 
And all, with one accord, 
In a perpetual cov'nant join 
Ourselves to Christ the Lord ;— 

2 Give up ourselves, through Jesus' power, 
His Name to glorify ; 

And promise, in this sacred hour, 
For God to live and die. 

3 The cov'nant we this moment make 
Be ever kept in mind ; 

We will no more our God forsake, 
Or cast his words behind. 

4 We never will throw off his fear, 
Who hears our solemn vow ; 

iVnd if thou art w T ell pleased to hear, 
Come down, and meet us now. 

5 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Let all our hearts receive ; 

Present with the celestial host, 
The peaceful answer give. 

6 To each the cov'nant blood apply, 
Which takes our sins away ; 

And register our names on high, 
And keep us to that day. 

~l *^zL ^Sunday morning : Preparing for 

public icor ship. CM. 

LOED, in the morning thou shall hear 
My voice ascending high : 
To thee will I direct my prayer, — 
To thee lift up mine eye :— 

2 Up to the bills where Christ is gone, 
To plead for all his saints ; 

Presenting, at the Father's throne, 
Our songs and our complaints. 

3 Thou art a God before whose sight 
The wicked shall not stand ; 

Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, 
Nor dwell at thy right hand. 

4 Now to thy house will I resort, 
To taste thy mercies there ; 

I will frequent thy holy court, 
And worship in thy fear. 

5 may thy Spirit guide my feet 
In ways of righteousness ; 

Make every path of duty straight, 
And plain before my face. 



The Author of every good, gift. 



125 

FATHER, to thee my soul I lift ; 
My soul on thee depends ; 
Convinced that every perfect gift 
From thee alone descends. 

2 Mercy and grace are thine alone, 

And power and wisdom too ; 
Without the Spirit of thy Son, 
We nothing good can do, 



C M. 



j 3 We cannot speak one useful word, 
i One holy thought conceive, 
; Unless, in answer to our Lord, 
| Thyself the blessing give. 

4 His blood demands the purchased grace ; 

His blood's availing plea 
| Obtained the help for all our race, 
And sends it down to me. 

! 5 Thou all our works in us hast wrought • 

Our good is all divine : 
! The praise of every virtuous thought, 

And righteous word, is thine. 

' 6 From thee, through Jesus, we receive 

The power on thee to call, 
i In whom we are, and move, and live ; 

Our God is all in all. 

126 

The joyful sound. C Jiff. 

SALVATION ! the joyful sound » 
^ What pleasure to our ears ; 
A sov'reign balm for every wound, 
A cordial for our fears. 

2 Salvation ! let the echo fly 
The spacious earth around, 

While all the armies of the sky 
Conspire to raise the sound. 

3 Salvation ! thou bleeding Lamb ! 
To thee the praise belongs : 

Salvation shall inspire our hearts, 
And dwell upon our tongues. 

^ ^ The minister's only business. C M 

JESUS, the Name high over all, 
In hell, or earth, or sky ; 
Angels and men before it fall, 
And devils fear and fly. 

2 Jesus, the Name to sinners dear, — 
The Name to sinners given ; 

It scatters all their guilty fear ; 
It turns their hell to heaven. 

3 Jesus the pris'ners fetters breaks, 
And bruises Satan's head; 

Power into strengthless souls he speaks. 
And life into the dead. 

4 that the world might taste and see 
The riches of his grace ; 

The arms of love that compass me, 
Would all mankind embrace. 

5 His only righteousness I show, — 
His saving truth proclaim : 

'Tis all my business here below, 
To cry, — Behold the Lamb ! 

6 Happy, if with my latest breath 
I may but gasp his name ; 

Preach him to all, and cry in deatii, 
Behold, behold the Lamb I 



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Hymns. 



Infinite grace. C. 

INFINITE excellence is thine, 
*- Thou glorious Prince of grace ! 
Thy uncreated beauties shine 
With never-fading rays. 

2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end, 

Come bending at thy feet ; 
To thee their prayers and songs ascend, 

In thee their wishes meet. 

1 Millions of happy spirits live 
On thy exhaustless store ; 

From thee they all their bliss receive, 
And still thou givest more. 

4 Thou art their triumph and their joy ; 

They find their all in thee ; 
Thy glories will their tongues employ 

Through all eternity. 

139 The entire surrender. CM. 

OSAVIOUE, welcome to my heart ; 
Possess thy humble throne ; 
Bid every rival, Lord, depart, 
And reign, Christ, alone. 

2 The world and Satan I forsake ; 
To thee I all resign ; 

My longing heart, Saviour, take, 
And fill with love divine. 

3 may I never turn aside, 
Nor from thy bosom flee ; 

Let nothing here my heart divide ; 
I give it all to thee. 



c. M 



130 



Death gain to the faithful. 



C. M- 



VI7HY should our tears in sorrow flow 
» » When God recalls his own, 
And bids them leave a world of wo, 
For an immortal crown ? 

2 Is not e'en death a gain to those 
Whose life to God was given ? 

Gladly to earth their eyes they close, 
To open them in heaven. 

3 Their toils are past, their work is done, 
And they are fully blest ; 

They fought the fight, the vict'ry won, 
And enter' d into rest. 

4 Then let our sorrows cease to flow ; 
God has recall' d his own ; 

But let our hearts, in every wo, 
Still say,— Thy will be done. 



Glory to the dying Lamb. 



131 

A LL glory to the dying Lamb, 

And never-ceasing praise, 
While angels live to know thy name 
Or men to feel thy grace. 



C. M. 



, | 2 With this cold stony heart of mine, 
Jesus, to thee I flee ; 
And to thy grace my soul resign, ' 
To be renew'd by thee. 

| 3 O may the uncorrupted seed 

Abide and reign within ; 
| And thy life-giving word forbid 
My new-born soul to sin. 

132 God the only object of xcorship, 

OGOD, our strength, to thee our song- 
With grateful hearts we raise ; 
j To thee, and thee alone, belong, 
All worship, love, and praise. 

2 In trouble's dark and stormy hour, 

Thine ear hath heard our prayer ; 
And graciously thine arm of power 
Hath saved us from despair. 

: 3 And thou, ever gracious Lord, 

Wilt keep thy promise still, 
If, meekly hark'ning to thy word, 
We seek to do thy will. 

4 Led by the light thy grace imparts, 
Ne'er may we bow the knee 

To idols, which our wayward hearts 
Set up instead of thee. 

5 So shall thy choicest gifts, Lord, 
Thy faithful people bless ; 

For them shall earth its stores afford, 
And heaven its happiness. 

133 Come quickly. C. M 

COME quickly, gracious Lord, and take 
Possession of thine own ; 
My longing heart vouchsafe to make 
Thine everlasting throne. 

j 2 Assert thy claim, maintain thy right ; 

Come quickly from above ; 
And sink me to perfection's height, — 
The depth of humble love. 

1_34: Riches of God's word. C. M 

THE counsels of redeeming grace 
The sacred leaves unfold ; 
And here the Saviour's lovely face 
Our raptured eyes behold. 

2 Here light descending from above 
Directs our doubtful feet ; 

Here promises of heavenly love 
Our ardent wishes meet. 

3 Our num'rous griefs are here redress' d, 
And all our wants supplied : 

Naught we can ask to make us blest 
Is in this book denied. 

4 For these inestimable gains, 
That so enrich the mind, 

O may we search with eager pains, 
Assured that we shall find. 



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135 The prospect joyous- CM. 

A ND let this feeble body fail. 

And let it faint or die ; 
My soul shall quit the mournful vale, 

And soar to worlds on high : 
Shall join the disembodied saints, 
And find its long-sought rest, — 
The only bliss for which it pants, 
In the Kedeemer's breast. 

2 In hope of that immortal crown 
I now the cross sustain, 

And gladly wander up and down, 

And smile at toil and pain : 
I suffer on my threescore years, 

Till my Deliv'rer come, 
And wipe away his servant's tears, 

And take his exile home. 

3 O what hath Jesus bought for me ! 
Before my ravish' d eyes 

Eivers of life divine I see, 
And trees of Paradise : 

1 see a world of spirits bright, 
Who taste the pleasures there ; 

Thef are all robed in spotless white, 
And conqu'ring palms they bear. 

4 O what are all my sufPrings here, 
If, Lord, thou count me meet 

With that enraptured host to' appear, 

And worship at thy feet ! 
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 

Take life or friends away, 
But let me find them all again 

In that eternal day. 

136 Gratitude. CM. 

WHEN all thy mercies, my God, 
My rising soul surveys, 
Transported with the view, I'm lost 
In wonder, love, and praise. 

2 O how can words with equal warmth 
The gratitude declare, 

That glows within my ravish' d heart ? — 
But thou canst read it there. 

3 To all my weak complaints and cries, 
Thy mercy lent an ear, 

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn' d 
To form themselves in prayer. 

4 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth, 
With heedless steps, I ran ; 

Thine arm, unseen, convey' d me safe 
And led me up to man. 

5 Through hidden dangers, toils, and 
It gently clear'd my way ; [deaths, 

And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
More to be feared than they. 

6 Through every period of my life 
Thy goodness I'll pursue ; 

And after death, in distant worlds, 
The pleasing the^me renew. 



7 Through all eternity to thee 

A grateful song I'll raise ; 
But O ! eternity's too short 

To utter all thy praise. 

13 T The wonders of redemption. C. ^1, 

HOW great the wisdom, power, and grace, 
Which in redemption shine ; 
The heavenly host with joy confess 
The work is all divine. 

2 Before his feet they cast their crowns,— 
Those crowns which Jesus gave, — 

And, with ten thousand thousand tongue^ 
Proclaim his power to save. 

3 They tell the triumphs of his cross, 
The surf 'rings which he bore : 

How low he stoop' d, how high he rose, — 
And rose to stoop no more. 

4 With them let us our voices raise, 
And still the song renew ; 

Salvation well deserves the praise 
Of men and angels too. 

138 The heavenly Canaan. C. M. 

THEEE is a land of pure delight, 
Where saints immortal reign ; 
Infinite day excludes the night, 
And pleasures banish pain. 

2 There everlasting spring abides, 
And never- with'ring flowers : 

Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
This heavenly land from ours. 

3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood 
Stand dress' d in living green ; 

So to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
While Jordan roll'd between. 

4 Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
And view the landscape o'er, 

Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 
Should fright us from the shore. 

139 The heavenly Guest. CM. 

COME, let us who in Christ believe, 
Our common Saviour praise : 
To him, with joyful voices, give 
The glory of his grace. 

2 He now stands knocking at the door 
Of every sinner's heart : 

The worst need keep him out no more, 
Or force him to depart. 

3 Through grace we hearken to thy voice. 
Yield to be saved from sin ; 

In sure and certain hope rejoice, 
That thou wilt enter in. 

4 Come quickly in, thou heavenly guest, 
Nor ever hence remove ; 

But sup with us, and let the feast 
Be everlasting love. 



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Hymns. 



14:0 Prisoner of hope. CM. 

LET the redeem' d give thanks and praise 
To a forgiving God ; 
My feeble voice I cannot raise, 
Till wash'd in Jesus' blood : — 

2 Till, at thy coming from above, 
My mountain sin depart, 

And fear give place to filial love, 
And peace o'erflow my heart. 

3 Pris'ner of hope, I still attend 
The' appearance of my Lord, 

These endless doubts and fears to end, 
And speak my soul restored : — 

4 Eestor'd by reconciling grace ; 
With present pardon blest ; 

And fitted by true holiness 
For my eternal rest. 

5 The peace which man can ne'er conceive, 
The love and joy unknown, 

Now, Father, to thy servant give, 
And claim me for thine own. 

6 My God, in Jesus pacified, 
My God, thyself declare; 

And draw me to his open side, 
And plunge the sinner there. 



3 Part of thy Name divinely stands, 
On all thy creatures writ ; 

They show the labour of thy hands, 
Or impress of thy feet : 

4 But when we view thy strange design 
To save rebellious worms, 

Where vengeance and compassion join 
In their divinest forms ; 

5 Here the whole Deity is known, 
Nor dares a creature guess 

Which of the glories brighter shone, 
The justice or the grace. 

I 6 Now the full glories of the Lamb 
I Adorn the heavenly plains ; 
Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name, 

And try their choicest strains. 
| 7 may I bear some humble part 

In that immortal song ! 
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, 
And love command my tongue. 



14:1 The Christian child. CM 

BY cool Siloam's shady rill 

How sweet the lily grows ! 
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill, 
Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 

2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet 
The paths of peace have trod— 

Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, 
Is upward drawn to God. 

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill 
The lily must decay ; 

The rose that blooms beneath the hill 
Must shortly fade away. 

4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hour 
Of man's maturer age 

Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, 
And stormy passion's rage. 

5 Thou who givest life 'and breath, 
We seek thy grace alone, 

In childhood, manhood, age, and death, 
To keep us still thine own. 



143 Glory, mercy, grace. C. M. 

FATHEK, how wide thy glory shines, 
How high thy wonders rise ! 
Known thro' the earth by thousand signs, 
By thousands through the skies. 

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power ; 

Their motions speak thy skill : 
Amd on the wings of every hour 

We read thy patience still. 



14:3 Love alone victorious. CM. 

WHEN shall I see the welcome hour 
That plants my God in me ? 
! Spirit of health, and life, and power, 
| And perfect liberty, 
j 2 Love only can the conquest win, 

The strength of sin subdue ; 
| Come, O my Saviour, cast out sin, 

And form my soul anew. 
3 No longer then my heart shall mourn, 
While sanctified by grace, 

1 only for his glory burn, 
And always see his face. 

14:4: God my all-sufficient portion.' CM. 

MY" God, my portion, and my love, 
My everlasting All, 
I've none but thee in heaven above, 
Or on this earthly ball. 

2 What empty things are all the skies, 
And this inferior clod ! 

There's nothing here deserves my joys, 
There's nothing like my God. 

3 To thee I owe my wealth, and friends, 
And health, and safe abode : 

Thanks to thy Name for meaner things : 
But they are not my God. 

4 How vain a toy is glitt'ring wealth, 
If once compared to thee ; 

Or what's my safety, or my health, 
Or all my friends to me ? 

5 Were I possessor of the earth, 
And call'd the stars my own, 

Without thy graces and thyself 
I were a wretch undone. 

6 Let others stretch their arms like seas. 
And grasp in all the shore ; 

Grant me the visits of thy grace, 
And I desire no more. 



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X 4t *> ^ wor ^ cs praise Him. C. X. 

THERE seems a voice in every gale, 
A tongue in every flower, 
Which tells, Lord, the wondrous tale 

Of thy almighty power ; 
The birds, that rise on quiv'ring wing, 

Proclaim their Maker's praise, 
And all the mingling sounds of spring 

To thee an anthem raise. 
2 Shall I be mute, great God, alone 

'Midst nature's loud acclaim ? 
Shall not my heart, with answ'ring tone, 

Breathe forth thy holy name ? 
Ail nature's debt is small to mine, 

Nature shall cease to be ; 
Thou gavest — prqof of love divine — 
Immortal life to me. 



146 



The land of rest. 36th P . M. 86, 885 . 



THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, 
To mourning wand'rers given ; 
There is a joy for souls distress'd, 
A balm for every wounded breast, 
'Tis found above in heaven. 

2 There is a home for weary souls 
By sin and sorrow driven, 

When toss'd on life's tempestuous shoals, 
Where storms arise, and ocean rolls, 
And all is drear but heaven. 

3 There faith lifts up the tearless eye, 
To brighter prospects given ; 

And views the tempest passing by, 
The evening shadows quickly fly, 
And all serene in heaven. 

4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, 
And joys supreme are given ; * 

There rays divine disperse the gloom : 
Beyond the confines of the tomb 
Appears the dawn of heaven. 



Deprecating the anger of God. C. M. 



147 

BEHOLD, Lord ! before thy throne 
Thy mourning people bend : 
'Tis on thy sov'reign grace alone 
Our humble hopes depend. 

2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand 
Thy dreadful power display ; 

Yet mercy spares this guilty land, 
And yet we live to pray. 

3 And why, great God, are we thus spared, 
Ungrateful as we are ? 

make thine awful warnings heard, 
While mercy cries, — Forbear ! 

4 turn us, turn us, blessed Lord, 
By thine almighty grace ; 

Then shall our hearts obey thy word. 
And ever seek thy face. 
Hear thou our prayers, and grant us aid ; 
Bid wars forever cease : 
Heal every breach that sin has made, 
And bless our land with peace. 



4 8 Vanity of earthly enjoyment/,-. C. M. 

HOW vain are all things here below ; 
How false, and vet how fair ! 
Each pleasure hath its poison too, 
And every sweet a snare. 

2 The brightest things below the sky 
Give but a flatting light ; 

We should suspect some danger nigh, 
Where we possess delight. 

3 Our dearest joys and nearest friends. 
The partners of our blood, 

How they divide our wav'ring minds, 
And leave but half for God. 

4 The fondness of a creature's love, 
How strong it strikes the sense ; 

Thither the warm affections move, 
Nor can we call them thence. 

5 My Saviour, let thy beauties be 
My soul's eternal food ; 

And grace command my heart away 
From all created good. 

-J^^_(^ The resolution. CM 

1 ^OME, humble sinner, in whose breast 
^ A thousand thoughts revolve, 

Come, with your guilt and fear oppress'd, 
And make this last resolve : — 

2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin 
Like mountains round me' close ; 

1 know his courts, I'll enter in, 
Whatever may oppose. 

3 Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, 
And there my guilt confess ; 

I'll tell him, I'm a wretch undone 
Without his sov'reign grace. 

4 Perhaps he will admit my plea, 
Perhaps will hear my prayer ; 

But, if I perish, I will pray, 
And perish only there. 

5 I can but perish if I go — 
I am resolved to try ; 

For if I stay away, I know 
I must forever die. 

£)0 I would be thine. C. Mt 

I WOULD be thine ; take my heart, 
And fill it with thy love ; 
Thy sacred image, Lord, impart, 
And seal it from above. 

2 I would be thine ; but while I strive 
To give myself away, 

I feel rebellion still alive, 
And wander while I pray. 

3 I would be thine ; but, Lord, I feel 
Evil still lurks within : — 

Do thou thy majesty reveal, 
And overcome my sin. 

4 I would be thine ; I would embrace. 
The Saviour, and adore ; 

Inspire with faith, infuse thy grace, 
And now my soul restore. 



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Hymns. 



^ He waiteth to he gracious. C M. 

THY ceaseless, unexhausted love, 
Unmerited and free, 
Delights our evil to remove, 
And help our misery. 

2 Thou waitest to be gracious still ; 
Thou dost with sinners bear ; 

That, saved, we may thy goodness feel, 
And all thy grace declare. 

3 Thy goodness and thy truth to me, 
To every soul, abound ; 

A vast, unfathomable sea, 
Where all our thoughts are drown' d. 

4 Its streams the whole creation reach, 
So plenteous is the store ; 

Enough for all, enough for each, 
Enough for evermore. 

5 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are, — 
A rock that cannot move : 

A thousand promises declare 
Thy constancy of love. 

6 Throughout the universe it reigns, 
Unalterably sure : 

And while the truth of God remains, 
His goodness must endure. 

153 The loadstone of His love. C M. 

JESUS, united by thy grace. 
And each to each endear' d, 
With confidence we seek thy face, 
And know our prayer is heard. 

2 Still let us own our common Lord, 
And bear thine easy yoke, — 

A band of love, a threefold cord, 
Which never can be broke. 

3 Make us into one spirit drink ; 
Baptize into thy name ; , 

And let us always kindly think, 
And sweetly speak, the same. 

4 Touch' d by the loadstone of thy love, 
Let all our hearts agree ; 

And ever toward each other move, 
And ever move toward thee. 

5 To thee, inseparably join'd ; 
Let all our spirits cleave ; 

O may we all the loving mind 
That was in thee receive. 

153 The full assurance of hope. C. M. 

HOW happy every child of grace, 
Who knows his sins forgiven ! 
This earth, he cries, is not my place ; 

I seek my place in heaven : 
A country far from mortal sight, 

Yet, 0, by faith I see ; 
The land of rest, the saints' delight, — 
The heaven prepared for me. 



2 what a blessed hope is ours ! 
While here on earth we stay, 

We more than taste the heavenly powers, 

And ante-date that day ; 
j We feel the resurrection near, — 
Our life in Christ conceal' d — 
And with his glorious presence here 
Our earthen vessels fill'd. 

3 would he more of heaven bestow ! 
And when the vessels break, 

Let our triumphant spirits go 

To grasp the God we seek ; 
In rapturous awe on Him to gaze, 

Who bought the sight for me ; 
And shout and wonder at his grace 

To all eternity. 

154: Endless bliss in prospect. CM. 

\ STEANGEE in the world below, 

I calmly sojourn here ; 
Nor can its happiness or wo 
Provoke my hope or fear : 
Its evils in a moment end ; 

Its joys as soon are past : 
But 0, the bliss to which I tend 
Eternally shall last. 

2 To that Jerusalem above, 

With singing I repair ; 
While in the flesh, my hope and love, 

My heart and soul, are there. 
There my exalted Saviour stands, 

My merciful High Priest ; 
And still extends his wounded hands, 

To take me to his breast. 

i 

155 His service is perfect freedom. C M 

BEHOLD ! I come with joy to do 
The Master's blessed will ; 
My Lord in outward works pursue, 

And serve his pleasure still. 
Thus faithful to my Lord's commands, 

I choose the better part, 
And serve with careful Martha's hands, 
But loving Mary's heart. 

2 Though careful, without care I am, 
Nor feel my happy toil, — 

Preserved in peace by Jesus' Name, 

Supported by his smile : 
Eejoicing thus my faith to show, 

His service my reward ; 
While every work I do below, 

I do it to the Lord. 

3 O ! that the world the art might know 
Of living thus to thee ; 

And find their heaven begun below, 

And here thy glory see ; 
Walking in all the works prepared 

To exercise their grace, 
They gain at last their full reward, 

And see thy glorious face. 



Hymns. 



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1£)(> Wisdom and goodness. CM. 

BLEST be our everlasting Lord, 
Our Father, God, and King ! 
Thy sov'reign goodness we record, 
Thy glorious power we sing. 

2 By thee the victory is given : 
The majesty divine, 

Wisdom and might, and earth and heaven, 
And all therein, are thine. 

3 The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone, 
Who dost thy right maintain, 

And, high on thy eternal throne, 
O'er men and angels reign. 

4 Eiches, as seemeth good to thee, 
Thou dost, and honour give ; 

And kings their power and dignity 
Out of thy hand receive. 

5 Thou hast on us the grace bestow' d, 
Thy greatness to proclaim ; 

And therefore now we thank our God, 
And praise thy glorious Name. 

6 Thy glorious Name, thy nature's powers, 
Thou dost to us make known ; 

And all the Deity is ours, 
Through thy incarnate Son. 

"\_ ^ All things created for his glory. C M. 

GREAT First of beings ! mighty Lord 
Of all this wondrous frame, 
Produced by thy creating word, 
The world from nothing came. 

2 Lord, for thy glory shines the whole ; 
It all reflects thy light : 

For this the planets ceaseless roll, , 
And day succeeds the night. 

3 For this the earth its produce yields ; 
For this the waters flow ; 

And blooming plants adorn the fields, 
And trees and herbage grow. 

4 Inspired with praise, may we pursue 
This wise and noble end, 

That all we think, or say, or do, 
Shall to thy glory tend. 

158 Majesty and power. CM. 

THE Lord our God is clothed with might, 

The winds obey his will ; 
He speaks, and in his heavenly height 
The rolling sun stands still. 

2 Eebel, ye waves, and o'er the land 
With threat'ning aspect roar ; 

The Lord uplifts his awful hand, 
And chains you to the shore. 

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine ; 
Without his high behest, 

Ye shall not in the mountain-pine, 
Disturb the sparrow's nest. 



4 His voice sublime is heard afar ; 
In distant peals it dies ; 

He yokes the whirlwind to his car, 
And sweeps the howling skies. 

5 Ye sons of earth, in rev'rence bend ; 
Ye nations wait his nod ; 

And let unceasing praise ascend 
In honour of our God. 



Separated, but inseparable. 



C. M. 



159 

GOD of all consolation, take 
The glory of thy grace ; 
Thy gifts to thee we render back 
j In ceaseless songs of praise ; 

2 Through thee we now together came, 
In singleness of heart ; 

We met, Jesus, m thy Name, 
And in thy Name we part. 

3 We part in body, not in mind ; 
Our minds continue one ; 

And each to each, in Jesus join'd, 
We hand in hand go on. 

4 Subsist as in us all one soul ; 
No power can make us twain ; 

And mountains rise, and oceans roll, 
To sever us in vain. 

5 Present we still in spirit are, 
And intimately nigh ; 

While on the wings of faith and prayer 
We to each other fly. 

6 Our life is hid with Christ in God ; 
Our Life shall soon appear, 

And shed his glory all abroad 
On all his members here. 



We shall see Him as he is. 



160 

THE heavenly treasure now we have 
In a vile house of clay ; 
But Christ will to the utmost save, 
And keep us to that day. 

2 Our souls are in his mighty hand, 
And he shall keep them still ; 

And you and I shall surely stand 
With him on Zion's hill. 

3 Him eye to eye we there shall see ; 
Our face like his shall shine : 

what a glorious company, 
When saints and angels join ! 

4 what a joyful meeting there ! 
In robes of white array' d, 

Palms in our hands we all shall bear, 
And crowns upon our head. 

5 Then let us lawfully contend, 
And fight our passage through ; 

Bear in our faithful minds the end, 
And keep the prize in view. 



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101 ^ an f ra M — eternal" C. M. 

OGUD, our help in ages past, 
Our hope for years to come, 
Our shelter from the stormy blast, 
And our eternal home : — 

2 Under the shadow of thy throne 

Still may we dwell secure ; 
Sufficient is thine arm alone, 

And our defence is sure. 

S Before the hills in order stood, 

Or earth received her frame, 
From everlasting thou art God, 

To endless years the same. 

4 A thousand ages ? in thy sight, 
Are like an evening gone ; 

Short as the watch that ends the night, 
Before the rising sun. 

5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 
Bears all its sons away ; 

They fly, forgotten, as a dream 
Dies at the opening day. 

6 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, 
With all their cares and fears, 

Are carried downward by the flood, 
And lost in foll'wing years. 

7 God, our help in ages past, 
Our hope for years to come ; 

Be thou our guide while life shall last, 
And our perpetual home. 

JLO^ A midnight song. C. M. 

JOIN, all ye ransom' d sons of grace, 
The holy joy prolong, 
And shout to the Kedeemer's praise 
A solemn midnight song. • 

2 Blessing, and thanks, and love, and 

might, 
Be to our Jesus given, 
Who turns our darkness into light, 
Who turns our hell to heaven. 

3 Thither our faithful souls he leads, 
Thither he bids us rise, 

With crowns of joy upon our heads, 
To meet Him in the skies. 

163 Divine guidance and safety. CM. 

BEFOKE thy mercy-seat, Lord, 
Behold, thy servants stand, 
To ask the knowledge of thy word, 
The guidance of thy hand. 

2 Let thy eternal truths, we pray, 
Dwell richly in each heart ; 

That from the safe and narrow way 
We never may depart. 

3 Lord, from thy word remove the seal, 
Unfold its hidden store ; 

And as we hear, may we feel 
Its value more and more, 



4 Help us to see the Saviour's love 
Beaming from every page ; 

And let the thoughts of joys above 
Our inmost souls engage. 

5 Thus while thy word our footsteps guides, 
Shall we be truly blest ; 

And safe arrive where love provides 
An everlasting rest. 

164 Easter Sunday. C Mv 

THE Lord of Sabbath let us praise, 

In concert with the blest, 
Who, joyful in harmonious lays, 
Employ an endless rest. 

2 Thus, Lord, while we remember thee, 
We blest and pious grow ; 

By hymns of praise we learn to be 
Triumphant here below. 

3 On this glad day a brighter scene • 
Of glory was display'd, 

By the eternal Word, than when 
This universe was made. 

4 He rises, who mankind has bought, 
With grief and pain extreme : 

'Twas great to speak the world from 
'Twas greater to redeem. [naught ; 

165 In the Spirit on the Lord's day. C. M. 

MAY I, throughout this day of thine, 
Be in thy Spirit, Lord- 
Spirit of humble fear divine, 
That trembles at thy word. 
2 Spirit of faith, my heart to raise, 

And fix on things above ; 
Spirit of sacrifice and praise, 
Of holiness and love. 

166 For the fulness of God's grace. C. M. 

TEHOVAH, God the Father, bless, 

J And thine own work defend ; 

With mercy's outstretch' d arms embrace, 

And keep us to the end. 
Preserve the creatures of thy love 

By providential care : 
Conducted to the realms above, 

To sing thy goodness there. 

2 Jehovah, God the Son, reveal 
The brightness of thy face ; 

And all thy par don' d people fill 

With plentitude of grace. 
Shine forth with all the Deity, 

Which dwells in thee alone ; 
And lift us up thy face to see, 

On thy eternal throne. 

3 Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine, 
Father and Son to show : 

With bliss ineffable, divine, 

Our ravish' d hearts o'erflow. 
Sure earnest of that happiness 

Which human hone transcends, 
Be thou our everlastmg peace, 

When grace in glory ends, 



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167 Heaven in prospect. C M, 

01ST Jordan's stormy banks I stand, 
And cast a wishful eye 
To Canaan's fair and happy land, 
Where my possessions lie. 

2 O the transporting, rapturous scene, 
That rises to my sight ! — 

Sweet fields, arrayed in living green, 
And rivers of delight. 

3 There generous fruits that never fail, 
On trees immortal grow ; 

There rock, and hill, and brook, and vale, 
With milk and honey flow. 

4 O'er all those wide-extended plains 
Shines one eternal day ; 

There God the Son forever reigns, 
And scatters night away. 

5 No chilling winds, nor poisonous breath, 
Can reach that healthful shore ; 

Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, 
Are felt and feared no more. 

6 When shall I reach that happy place, 
And be forever blest ? 

When shall I see my Father's face, 
And in his bosom rest ? 

7 Filled with delight, my raptured soul 
Would here no longer stay ; 

Though Jordan's waves around me roll, 
Fearless I'd launch away. 

JLOS ^ or a ten der conscience. CM. 

I WANT a principle within, 
Of jealous, godly fear ; 
A sensibility of sin, — 
A pain to feel it near : 

1 want the first approach to feel, 
Of pride, or fond desire ; 

To catch the wand'ring of my will, 
And quench the kindling fire. 

2 From thee that I no more may part, 
No more thy goodness grieve, 

The filial awe, the fleshly heart, 

The tender conscience, give. 
Quick as the apple of an eye, 

God, my conscience make ; 
Awake my soul when sin is nigh, 

And keep it still awake. 

8 If to the right or left I stray, 
That moment, Lord, reprove ; 

And let me weep my life away, 

For having grieved thy love. 
D may the least omission pain 

My well-instructed soul, 
Amd drive me to the blood again, 

Which makes the wounded whole. 

169 Prayer for our native land. CM. 
f OED, while for all mankind we pray, 
" Of every clime and coast, 
D hear us for our native land,— 

The land we love the most. 
S guard our shores from every foe ; 
^ith peace our borders bless— 







Our cities with prosperity, 
Our fields with plenteousness. 

3 Unite us in the sacred love 

Of knowledge, truth, and thee ; 
And let our hills and valleys chant 
The songs of liberty. 

4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee 
Our country we commend ; 

Be thou her refuge and her trust — 
Her everlasting friend. 

170 A hope full of immortality. C 

JOYFUL sound of gospel grace, 
Christ shall in me anpear ; 
I, even I, shall see his lace, — ■ 
I shall be holy here. 

2 The glorious crown of righteousness 
To me reach' d out, I view : 

Conqu'ror through him, I soon shall seize, 
And wear it as my due. 

3 The promised land, from Pisgah's top, 
I now exult to see : 

My hope is full, (0 glorious hope !) 
Of immortality. 

4 With me, I know, I feel, thou art ; 
But this cannot suffice, 

Unless thou plantest in my heart 
A constant paradise. 

5 My earth thou wat'rest from on high, 
But make it all a pool : 

Spring up, Well, I ever cry ; 
Spring up within my soul. 

6 Come, my God, thyself reveal ; 
Fill all this mighty void : 

Thou only canst my spirit fill ; 
Come, O my God, my God. 

JL ^ 1 Unwearied earnestness. C. M 

FATHEE, I stretch my hands to thee ; 
No other help I know : 
If thou withdraw thyself from me, 
Ah ! whither shall I go ? 

2 What did thine only Son endure, 
Before I drew my breath ! 

What pain, what labour, to secure 
My soul from endless death ! 

3 O Jesus, could I £his believe, 
I now should feel thy power ; 

And all my wants thou wouldst relieve 
In this accepted hour. 

4 Author of faith ! to thee I lift 
My weary, longing eyes : 

O let me now receive that gift, — 
My soul without it dies. 

5 Surely thou canst not let me die ; 
speak, and I shall live ; 

And here I will unwearied lie, 
Till thou thy Spirit give. 

6 How would my fainting soul rejoice, 
Could I but see thy face ; 

Now let me hear thy quick'ning voice, 
And taste thy pard'ning grace. 



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Hymns. 



1 7 3 Radiant hope. ' CM, 

OWHO, in such a world as this, 
Could bear his lot of pain, 
Did not one radiant hope of bliss 

Unclouded yet remain ? 
That hope the sov'reign Lord has given, 

Who reigns above the skies ; 
Hope that unites the soul to heaven 
By faith's enduring ties. 

2 Each care, each ill of mortal birth, 
Is sent in pitying love, 

To lift the ling'ring heart from earth, 

And speed its flight above. 
And every pang that wrings the breast, 

And every joy that dies, 
Tell us to seek a purer rest, 

And trust to holier ties. 



JL 7 3 ^ or ^ e com ^ na °f Ch r ™t' s kingdom. C. M. 

F ATHER of me and all mankind, 
And all the hosts above. 
Let every understanding mind 
Unite to praise thy love. 

2 To know thy nature and thy name, 
One God in persons Three ; 

And glorify the great I AM 
Through all eternity. 

3 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace 
To every heart of man ; 

Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, 
In all our bosoms reign. 

4 The righteousness that never ends, 
But makes an end of sin — 

The joy that human thought transcends — 
Into'our souls bring in. 

J_ 7 4: Praise and thanksgiving. CM. 

SING to the great Jehovah's praise ; 
All praise to him belongs ; 
Who kindly lengthens out our days, 

Demands our ^choicest songs : 
His providence hath brought us through 

Another various year ; 
We all, with vows and anthems new, 
Before our God appear. 

2 Father, thy mercies past we own, — 
Thy still continued care, — 

To thee presenting, through thy Son, 

Whate'er we have or are : 
Our lips and lives shall gladly show * 

The wonders of thy love ; 
While on in J esus' steps we go 

To seek thy face above. 

3 Our residue of days or hours 
Thine, wholly thine, shall be ; 

And all our consecrated powers 
A sacrifice to thee,— 



Till Jesus in the clouds appear, 

To saints on earth forgiven, 
And bring the grand Sabbatic year, 

The jubilee of heaven. 

175 The sojourner ; at the feet of Jesus. C. M 

GOD of all grace and majesty, 
Supremely great and good, 
If I have mercy found with thee 

Through the atoning blood ; 
The guard of all thy mercies give 

And to my pardon join 
A fear lest 1 should ever grieve 
The Comforter divine. 

2 If mercy is indeed with thee, 
May I obedient prove, 

Nor e'er abuse my liberty, 

Or sin against thy love : 
This choicest fruit of faith bestow 

On a poor sojourner ; 
And let me pass my days below 

In humbleness and fear. 

3 Still may I walk as in thy sight ; 
My strict observer see ; 

And thou, by rev'rent love, unite 

My child-like heart to thee : 
Still let me, till my days are past, 

At Jesus' feet abide : 
So shall he lift me up at last, 

And seat me by his side. 



Lamenting spiritual sloth. 



C. M 



176 

MY drowsy powers, why sleep ye so ? 
Awake, my sluggish soul : 
Nothing hath half thy work to do, 
Yet nothing's half so dull. 

2 Go to the ants ! for one poor grain 
See how they toil and strive ; 

Yet we who have a heaven to' obtain, 
How negligent we live ! — 

3 We, for whose sake all nature stands, 
And stars their courses move ; 

j We, for whose guard the angel bands 
Come flying from above : — 

i 4 We, for whom God the Son came down. 
[ And labour'd for our good ; 
How careless to secure that crown 
He purchased with his blood ! 

5 Lord, shall we live so sluggish still, 
And never act our parts ? 

Come, holy Dove, from the' heavenly hill. 
And warm our frozen hearts ! 

6 Give us with active warmth to move, 
With vig'rous souls to rise ; 

With hands of faithj and wings of love, 
To fly and take the prize. 



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1 *7 *7 Praise— delightful. C. M. 

MY Saviour, my almighty Friend, 
When I begin thy praise, 
Where will the growing numbers end, — 
The numbers of thy grace ? 

2 I trust in thy eternal word ; 
Thy goodness I adore : 

Send'down thy grace, blessed Lord, 
That I may love thee more. 

3 My feet shall travel all the length 
Of the celestial road ; 

And march, with courage in thy strength, 
To see the Lord my God. 

4 Awake ! awake ! my tuneful powers, 
With this delightful song ; 

Aud entertain the darkest hours, 
Nor think the season long. 

1 ^ 3 The precious Name. C. M. 

HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
In a believer's ear ; 
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
And drives away his fear. 

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
And calms the troubled breast : 

'Tte manna to the hungry soul, 
And to the weary, rest. 

3 Dear Name, the rock on which I build, 
My shield and hiding-place ; 

My never-failing treasure, fill' a 
With boundless stores of grace ; 

4 Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend, 
My Prophet, Priest, and King ; 

My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, 
Accept the praise I bring. 

5 I would thy boundless love proclaim, 
With every fleeting breath ; 

So shall the music of thy name 
Kefresh my soul in death. 

179 Sufficiency and freeness. C. M. 

OWHAT amazing words of grace 
Are in the gospel found ! 
Suited to every sinner's case, 
Who knows the joyful sound. 

2 Poor, sinful, thirsty, fainting souls, 
Are freely welcome here ; 

Salvation, like a river, rolls, 
Abundant, free, and clear. 

3 Come, then, with all your wants and 
Your every burden bring : [wounds ; 

Here love, unchanging love, abounds,— 
A deep celestial spring. 

4 Whoever will— O gracious word !— 
May of this stream partake ; 

Come, thirsty souls, and bless the Lord, 
And drink, for Jesus' sake. 

5 Millions of sinners, vile as you, 
Have here found life and peace ; 

Gome, then, and prove its virtues too, 
And drink, adore, and bless. 



X SO Fearless in the furnace of affliction. C. M 

GOD of thine Israel's faithful tbree, 
Who braved the tyrant's ire, 
Who nobly scorn'd to bow the knee, 
And walk'd, unhurt, in fire : — 

breathe their faith into my breast, 
In every trying hour ; 

And stand, Son of man, confess' d 
In all thy saving power ! 

2 While thou, Almighty Lord, art nigh, 

My soul disdains to fear ; 
Both sin and Satan I defy, 

Still impotently near ; 
The earth and hell their wars may wage, — 

I mark their vain design : 
And calmly smile to see them rage 

Against a child of thine. 

1 § X. Infinite love. C. M- 

\ THOUSAND oracles divine 
Their common beams unite, 
That sinners may with angels join, 
To worship God aright. 

2 Triumphant host ! they never cease 
To laud and magnify 

The triune God of holiness, 
Whose glory fills the sky. 

3 By faith the upper choir we meet, 
And join with them to sing 

Jehovah, on his shining seat, 
Our Maker and our King. 

4 For God, made flesh, is wholly ours ; 
And asks our noblest strain ; 

The Father of celestial powers, 
The Friend of earth-born man. 

183 Walk in the light C. M. 

\ W ALK in the light ! so shalt thou know 
" That fellowship of love, 
His Spirit only can bestow 
Who reigns in light above. 

2 Walk in the light ! and thou shalt find 
Thy heart made truly His 

Who dwells in cloudless light enshrined, 
In whom no darkness is. 

3 Walk in the light ! and thou shalt own 
Thy darkness pass'd away, 

Because that Light hath on thee shone 
In which is perfect day. 

4 Walk in the light ! and e'en the tomb 
No fearful shade shall wear ; 

Glory shall chase away its gloom, 
For Christ hath conquer' d there. 

5 Walk in the light ! thy path shall be 
Peaceful, serene, and bright : 

For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee, 
And God himself is light. 



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183 Sin Mils beyond the tomb. C. M. 

I7AIN man, thy fond pursuits forbear ; 
* Repent, thine end is nigh ; 
Death, at the farthest, can't be far : 
think before thou die. 

2 Reflect, thou hast a soul to save ; 
Thy sins, how high they mount ! 

What are thy hopes beyond the grave ? 
How stands that dark account ? 

3 Death enters, and there's no defence ; 
His time there's none can tell ; 

He'll in a moment call thee hence 
To heaven, or do wn to hell. 

4 Thy flesh (perhaps thy greatest care) 
Shall into dust consume ; 

But, ah ! destruction stops not there , 
Sin kills beyond the tomb. 

184: The Lord's Prayer. C M. 

OUR Father, God, who art in heaven, 
All hallow'd be thy name ; 
Thy kingdom come ; thy will be done 
In heaven and earth the same. 

2 Give us this day our daily bread ; 
And as we those forgive 

Who sin against us, so may we 
Forgiving grace receive. 

3 Into temptation lead us not ; 
From evil set us free ; 

And thine the kingdom, thine the power. 
And glory, ever be. 

1 8 God's pavilion. C. M. 

GRANT me within thy courts a place, 
Among thy saints a seat, 
Forever to behold thy face, 
And worship at thy feet : — 

2 In thy pavilion to abide, 
When storms of trouble blow, 

And in thy tabernacle hide, 
Secure from every foe. 

3 Seek ye my face , — without delay, 
When thus I hear thee speak, 

My heart would leap for joy, and say, — 
Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

4 Then leave me not when griefs assail, 
And earthly comforts flee ; 

When father, mother, kindred fail, 
My God ! remember me. 

186 Crosses are blessings. C= M. 

QINCE all the varying scenes of time 
*3 God's watchful eye surveys, 
0, who so wise to choose our lot, 

Or to appoint our ways ? 
2 Good, when*he gives — supremely good ; 

Nor less when he denies ; 
E'en crosses, from his sov'reign hand, 

Are blessings in disguise. 



3 Why should we doubt a Father's love 

So constant and so kind V 
To his unerring, gracious will 

-Be every wish resign' d. 

187 Source of all 



C. M. 

TEHOVAH, God, thy gracious power 

On every hand we see ; 
may the blessings of each hour 

Lead all our thoughts to thee. 

2 If on the wings of morn we speed, 
To earth's remotest bound, 

Thy hand will there our journey lead, 
Thine arm our path surround. 

3 Thy power is in the ocean deeps, 
And reaches to the skies ; 

Thine eye of mercy never sleeps, 
Thy goodness never dies. 

4 From morn till noon — till latest eve, 
Thy hand, God, we see ; 

And all the blessings we receive 
Proceed alone from thee. 

188 The hammer of God's Word. C, M. 

COME, thou all-victorious Lord, 
Thy power to us make known ; 
strike with the hammer of thy word, 
And break these hearts of stone. 

2 O that we all might now begin 
Our foolishness to mourn ; 

And turn at once from every sin, 
And to the Saviour turn. 

3 Give us ourselves and thee to know, 
In this our gracious day ; 

Repentance unto life bestow, 
And take our sins away. 

4 Convince us first of unbelief. 
And freely then release ; 

Fill every soul with sacred grief, 
And then with sacred peace. 

189 Tne death of a pastor. C . M. 

TO thee, God, when creatures fail, 
Thy flock, deserted, flies ; 
And on the' eternal Shepherd's care, 
Our steadfast hope relies. 

2 When o'er thy faithful servant's dust 
Thy saints assembled mourn, 

In speedy tokens of thy grace, 
Zion's God, return ! 

3 The powers of nature all are thine, 
And thine the aids of grace ; 

Thine arm hath borne thy churches up 
Through each succeeding race. 

4 Exert thy sacred influence here, 
And here thy suppliants bless ; 

And change to strains of cheerful praise 
Our accents of distress. 



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Looking unto Jesus. C M. 

THOU Lamb of God, for sinners slain, 
To thee I humbly pray ; 
heal me of my grief and pain,— 

And take my sins away. 
Now from this bondage, Lord, release, 

And give the wand Y rer rest : 
Redeemer, Saviour, seal my peace, 
And take me to thy breast. 

2 Thou wilt not cast a sinner out, 
Who humbly comes to thee ; 

My gracious Lord, I cannot doubt 

Thy mercy is for me : 
let me now obtain the grace, 

And find my long-sought rest : 
Redeemer, Saviour, seal my peace, 

And take me to thy breast. 

3 Mere worldly good I do not want ; 
Be that to others given : 

While only for thy love I pant, 

My all in earth or heaven : 
This is the crown I fain would seize, — 

With which I would be blest : 
Redeemer, Saviour, seal my peace, 

And take me to thy breast, 

X 1 Habitual devotion. C. M. 

HILE thee I seek, protecting Power, 
Be my vain wishes still' d ; 
And may this consecrated hour 
With better hopes be fill'd. 

2 Thy love the power of thought bestow'd ; 
To thee my thoughts would soar : 

Thy mercy o'er my life has flow'd ; 
That mercy I adore. 

3 In each event of life, how clear 
Thy ruling hand I see ; 

Each blessing to my soul most dear, 
Because conferr'd by thee. 

4 In every joy that crowns my days, 
In every pain I bear, 

My heart shall find delight in praise, 
Or seek relief in prayer. 

5 When gladness wings my favour' d hour, 
Thy love my thoughts shall fill : 

Resign'd, when storms of sorrow lower, 
My soul shall meet thy will. 

6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 
The gath'ring storm shall see : 

My steadfast heart shall know no fear : 
That heart will rest on thee. 

192 Deliverance is at hand. C M. 

If Y span of life will soon be done, 

1TJ - The passing moments say ; 

As length' ning shadows o'er the mead, 

Proclaim the close of day. 
2 that my heart might dwell aloof 

Prom all created things ; 
And learn that wisdom from above, 

Whence true contentment springs. 



3 Courage, my soul ; thy bitter cross, 
In every trial here, 

Shall bear thee to thy heaven above, 
But shall not enter there. 

4 The sighing ones, that humbly seek 
In sorrowing paths below, 

Shall m eternity rejoice, 

Where endless comforts flow. 

5 Soon will the toilsome strife be o'er, 
Of sublunary care, 

And life's dull vanities no more 
This anxious breast ensnare. 

6 Courage, my soul ; on God rely , 
Deliv'rance soon will come ; 

A thousand ways has Providence 
To bring believers home. 

193 Humble and earnest entreaties. CM 

HEAR, gracious God, my humble prayer ; 
To thee I breathe my sighs ; 
When will the cheering morn appear ? 
And when my joys arise ? 

2 My God ! could I make the claim — 
My Father, and my Friend ; 

And call thee mine, by every name 
On which thy saiuts depend ; — 

3 By every name of power and love, 
I would' thy grace entreat ; 

Nor should my humble hopes remove, 
Nor leave thy mercy-seat. 

4 Yet, though my soul in darkness mourns > 
Thy word is all my stay ; 

Here would I rest till light returns : 
* Thy presence makes my day. 

5 Speak, Lord, and bid celestial peace 
Relieve my aching heart ; 

make my heavy sorrows cease, 
And all the gloom depart. 

6 Then shall my drooping spirit rise, 
And bless thy healing rays ; 

And change these deep, complaining sighs, 
Por songs of sacred praise. 

194: Full felicity. CM 

OUR old companions in distress 
We haste again to see, 
And eager long for our release, 
And full felicity. 

2 E'en now, by faith, we join our hands 
With those that went before ; 

And greet the blood-besprinkled bands 
On the eternal shore. 

3 Our spirits too shall quickly join, 
Like theirs with glory crown'd, 

And shout to see our Captain's sign, 
To hear his trumpet sound. 

4 Lord Jesus, be our constant guide ; 
And, when the word is given, 

Bid death's cold flood its waves divide, 
And land us safe in heaven. 



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195 The Trinity. 

HAIL ! holy, holy, holy Lord, 
Whom one in three we know ; 
By all thy heavenly host adored, 
By all thy Church below. 

2 One undivided Trinity 
With triumph we proclaim ; 

Thy universe is full of thee, 
And speaks thy glorious name. 

3 Thee, holy Father, we confess , 
Thee, holy Son, adore , 

And thee, the Holy Ghost, we bless, 
And worship evermore. 

4 Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, 
Our heavenly song shall be , 

Supreme, essential One, adored 
In co-eternal Three I 



2 Each thought and deed his piercing eye:? 
With strictest search survey ; 

The deepest shades no more disguise, 
Than the full blaze of day. 

3 Whom thou dost guard, King of kings, 
No evil shall molest : 

Under the shadow of thy wings 
Shall they securely rest. 

4 Thy angels shall around their beds 
Their constant stations keep : 

Thy faith and truth shall shield their heads 
For thou dost never sleep. 

5 May we with calm and sweet repose, 
And heavenly thoughts refresh' d, 

Our eyelids with the morn unclose, 
And bless Thee, ever blest. 



Preciousness of the Bible. 



196 

HOW precious is the book divine, 
By inspnation given ; 
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
To guide our souls to heaven. 

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, 
In this dark vale of tears ; 

And life, and light, and joy imparts, 
And banishes our fears. 

3 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
Of life, shall guide our way ; 

Till we behold the clearer light 
Of an eternal day. 

1_ 9 ^ The refining fire of the Holy Spirit. C. M. 

JESUS, thine all- victorious love 
Shed in my heart abroad . 
Then shall my feet no longer rove, 
Rooted and fix'd in God. 

2 that in me the sacred fire 
Might now begin to glow ; 

Burn up the dross of base desire, 
And make the mountains flow. 

3 that it now from heaven might fall, 
And all my sins consume : 

Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call ; 
Spirit of burning, come. 

4 Refining fire, go through my heart ; 
Illuminate my soul ; 

Scatter thy life through every part, 
And sanctify the whole. 

5 My steadfast soul, from falling free, 
Shall then no longer move ; 

While Christ is all the world to me, 
And all my heart is love. 

198 

Evening : Angelic guardianship. C. M- 

\ LL praise to Him who dwells in bliss, 
-ft Who made both day and night 
Whose throne is in the vast abyss 
Of uncreated light. 



In his presence there is fulness of joy. C. M 

God, 



199 

rpHY gracious presence, my < 
-L All that I wish contains ; 
With this, beneath affliction's load, 
My heart no more complains. 

2 This can my every care control, — 
Gild each dark scene with light : 

This is the sunshine of the soul ; 
Without it all is night. 

3 happy scenes above the sky, 
Where thy full beams impart 

Unclouded beauty to the eye, 
And rapture to the heart. 

4 Her portion in those realms of bliss, 
My spirit longs to know ; 

My wishes terminate in this, 
* Nor can they rest below. 

5 Lord, shall the breathings of my heart 
Aspire in vain to thee ? 

Confirm my hope, that where thou art 
I shall forever be. 

6 Then shall my cheerful spirit sing 
The darksome hours away, 

And rise, on faith's expanded wing. 
To everlasting day. 

300 Thy wiUbe done. CM. 

THY presence, Lord, the place shall fill ■ 
My heart shall be thy throne ; 
Thy holy, just, and perfect will 
Shall m my flesh be done. 

2 I thank thee for the present grace, 
And now in hope rejoice ; 

In confidence to see thy face, 
And always hear thy voice. 

3 I have the things I ask of thee ; 
What more shall I require ? 

That still my soul may restless be, 
And only thee desire. 

4 Thy only will be done, not mine, 
But make me, Lord, thy home ; 

Come as thou wilt, I that resign, 
But 0, my Jesus, come ! 



Hymns. 



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301 Faint, yet pursuing. CM. 

AS pants the hart for cooling streams, 
When heated in the chase, 
So longs my soul, O God, for thee, 
And thy refreshing grace. 

2 For thee, my God— the living God, 
My thirsty soul doth pine ; 

O, when shall I behold thy lace, 
Thou majesty divine t 

3 I sigh to think of happier days, 
When thou, Lord, wast nigh ; 

When every heart was tuned to praise, 
And none more blest than I. 

4 Why restless, why cast down, my soul ? 
Hope still, and thou shalt sing 

The praise of him who is thy God, 
Thy Saviour, and thy King. 



303 Secret communion with God. C. M. 

SWEET is the prayer whose holy stream 
In earnest pleading flows ; 
Devotion dwells upon the theme, 
And warm and warmer glows. 

2 Faith grasps the blessing she desires ; 
. Hope points the upward gaze ; 

A.nd Love, celestial Love, inspires 
The eloquence of praise. 

3 But sweeter far the still small voice, 
Unheard by human ear, 

When God has made the heart rejoice, 
And dried the bitter tear. 

4 No accents flow, no words ascend ; 
All utt' ranee faileth there ; 

But God himself doth comprehend, 
And answer, silent prayer. 

303 Walking with God. CM. 

TALK with us, Lord, thyself reveal, 
While here o'er earth we rove ; 
Speak to our hearts, and let us feel 
The kindling of thy love. 

2 With thee conversing, we forget 
All time, and toil, and care : 

Labour is rest, and pain is sweet, 
If thou, my God, art here. 

3 Here, then, my God, vouchsafe to stay, 
And bid my heart rejoice ; 

My bounding heart shall own thy sway, 
And echo to thy voice. 

4 Thou callest me to seek thy face ;— 
'Tis all I wish to seek ; 

To' attend the whispers of thy grace, 
And hear thee inly speak. 

5 Let this my every hour employ, 
Till I thy glory see ; 

Enter into my Master's joy, 
-A nd find my heaven in thee. 



| 304: Blessedness of adoption. C M 

AND can my heart aspire so high 
To say,— My Father, God? 
j Lord, at thy feet I fain would lie, 
I And learn to kiss the rod. 

2 I would submit to all thy^ will, 
For thou art good and wise ; 

Let each rebellious thought be still, 
Nor one faint murmur rise. 

3 Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom, 
And bid me wait serene, 

Till hopes and joys immortal bloom, 
And brighten all the scene. 

4 My Father, God, permit my heart 
To plead her humble claim, 

And ask the bliss those words impart, 
In my Kedeemer's name. 

305 Cordial obedience. CM. 

COME, Lord, and claim me for thine own ; 
Saviour, thy right assert ; 
Come, gracious Lord, set up thy throne, 
And reign within my heart. 

2 The day of thy great power I feel, 
And pant for liberty ; 

1 loathe myself, deny my will, 
And give up all for thee. 

3 I hate my sins, — no longer mine, 
For I renounce them too ; 

My weakness with thy strength I join ; 
Thy strength shall all subdue. 

4 So shall I bless thy pleasing sway, 
And, sitting at thy feet, 

Thy laws with all my heart obey, — 
With all my soul submit. 

206 The Lord my portion. C . M 

INTERNAL Source of joys divine, 

To thee my soul aspires ; 
! could I say,— The Lord is mine ! 
'Tis all my soul desires. 

2 My hope, my trust, my life, my Lord, 
Assure me of thy love ; 

! speak the kind, transporting word, 
And bid my fears remove. 

3 Then shall my thankful powers rejoice 
And triumph in my God, 

Till heavenly rapture tune my voice 
To spread thy praise abroad. 

The spirit of adoption. C . M 

FATHEE, I wait before thy throne : 
Call me a child of thine : 
Send down the Spirit of thy Son, 

To form my heart divine. 
2 There shed thy promised love abroad, 

And make my comfort strong ; 
Then shall I say,— My Father. God ! 
With an unwav'ring tongue 



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3 § At evening time it shall be light. C . M. 

E journey through a vale of tears, 
By many a cloud o'ercast ; 
&nd worldly cares, and worldly fears, 
Go with us to the last. 

2 Not to the last ! Thy word hath said, 

Could we but read aright, — 
Poor pilgrim, lift in hope thy head ; 

At eve it shall be light ! 

-3 Though earth-born shadows now may 
Thy thorny path awhile, [shroud 

God's blessed word can part each cloud, 
And bid the sunshine smile. 

4 Only believe, in living faith, 
His love and power divine ; 

And ere thy sun shall set in death, 
His light shall round thee shine. 

5 When tempest clouds are dark on high, 
His bow of love and peace 

Shines sweetly in the vaulted sky, — 
A pledge that storms shall cease. 

8 Hold on thy way, with hope unchill'd, 

By faith and not by sight, 
And thou shalt own his word fulfill' d, — 

At eve it shall be light. 

309 Secret blessings. CM. 

FATHER divine, thy piercing eye 
Sees through the darkest night ; 
In deep retirement thou art nigh, 
With heart-discerning sight. 

2 May that observing eye survey 
My faithful homage paid, 

With every morning's dawning ray, 
And every evening's shade. 

3 O may thine own celestial fire 
The incense still infiame, 

While fervent vows to thee aspire, 
Through my Redeemer's Name. 

4 So shall the visits of thy love 
My soul in secret bless ; 

So wilt thou deign, in worlds above, 
Thy suppliant to confess. 

310 ^h e rev ealing Spirit. C. M. 

FATHER of all, in whom alone 
We live, and move, and breathe ; 
One bright, celestial ray dart down, 
And cheer thy sons beneath. 

2 While in thy word we search for thee, 
(We search with trembling awe ;) 

Open our eyes, and let us see 
The wonders of thy law. 

3 Now let our darkness comprehend 
^ The light that shines so clear ; 
Now the revealing Spirit send, 

And give us ears to hear. 



4 Before us make thy goodness pass, 
Which here by faith we know ; 

Let us in Jesus see thy face, 
And die to all below. 



3 1 1 The promised blessing. C. M. 

SEE, Jesus, thy disciples see ; 
The promised blessing give ; 
Met in thy name, we look to thee, 
Expecting to receive. 

2 Thee we expect, our faithful Lord, 
Who in thy name are join'd ; 

We wait, according to thy word, 
Thee in the midst to find. 

3 With us thou art assembled here, 
But 0, thyself reveal ; 

Son of the living God, appear ! 
Let us thy presence feel. 

4 Breathe on us, Lord, in this our day, 
And these dry bones shall live ; 

Speak peace into our hearts, and say, 
The Holy Ghost receive. 

5 Whom now we seek, may we meet, 
Jesus, the crucified ; 

Show us thy bleeding hands and feet, 
Thou who for us hast died. 

6 Cause us the record to receive — 
Speak, and the tokens show — 

" be not faithless, but believe 
In me, who died for you." 



313 Faith counted for righteousness. C. M 

FATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord,— 
My Saviour, and my Head, — 

1 trust in thee, whose powerful word 
Hath raised him from the dead. 

2 Thou know'st tbr my offence he died, 
And rose again for me ; 

Fully and freely justified, 
That I might live to thee. 

3 God ! thy record I believe, 
In Abrah'm's footsteps tread ; 

And wait, expecting to receive 
The Christ, the promised Seed. 

4 Faith in thy power thou seest I have, 
For thou this faith hast wrought ; 

Dead souls thou callest from the grave,. 
And speakest worlds from naught. 

5 Eternal life to all mankind 
Thou hast in Jesus given : 

And all who seek, in him shall find 
The happiness of heaveiu 



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313 -He died for thee. C. M. 

BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind 
Nail'd to the shameful tree ; 
How vast the love that him inclined 
To bleed and die for thee 1 

2 Hark ! how he groans, while nature 

shakes, 

And earth's strong pillars bend : 
The temple's veil in sunder breaks, — 
The solid marbles rend. 

3 'Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid ! 
Receive my soul ! he cries : 

See where he bows his sacred head ; 
He bows his head, and dies. 

4 But soon he'll break death's envious 
And in full glory shine : [chain, 

Lamb of God, was ever pain, 
Was ever love, like thine ? 

314: Paradise opened. CM. 

THE Sun of righteousness appears, 
To set in blood no more ; 
Adore the Scatt'rer of your fears, — 
Your rising Sun adore. 

2 The saints, when he rpsign'd his breath, 
Unclos'd their sleeping eyes ; 

He breaks again the bands of death, — 
Again the dead arise. 

3 Alone the dreadful race he ran, — 
Alone the wine-press trod ; 

He dies and suffers as a man, — 
He rises as a God. 

4 In vain the stone, the watch, the seal, 
Forbid an early rise 

To Him, who breaks the gates of hell, 
And opens Paradise. 

3 1 5 Invoking God' 's presence and blessing. C. M. 

WITHIN thy house, Lord our God, 
'* In majesty appear ; 
Make this a place of thine abode, 
And shed thy blessings here. 

2 As we thy mercy-seat surround, 
Thy Spirit, Lord, impart ; 

And let thy Gospel's joyful sound 
With power reach every heart. 

3 Here let the blind their sight obtain ; 
Here give the mourner rest ; 

Let Jesus here triumphant reign, 
Enthroned in every breast. 

4 Here let the voice of sacred joy 
And fervent prayer arise, 

Till higher strains our tongues employ, 
In bliss beyond the skies. 

310 Boast not thyself of to-morrow. G. M. 

TX7HY should we boast of time to come, 
" Though but a single day ? 
1'his hour may fix our final doom, 
Though strong, and young, and gay. 



2 The present we should now redeem ■ 
This only is our own ; 

The past, alas ! is all a dream ; 
The future is unknown. 

3 0, think what vast concerns depend 
Upon a moment's space, 

When life and all its cares shall end 
In vengeance or in grace ! 

4 for that power which melts the heart. 
And lifts the soul on high, 

Where sin, and grief, and death depart. 
And pleasures never die. 

5 There we with ecstasy shall fall 
Before Immanuel's feet ; 

And hail him as our All in all, 
In happiness complete. 



Our ever-present Guide. 



C. M. 



[ESUS, the Lord of glory, died ; 
" That we might never die ; 
And now he reigns supreme, to guide 
His people to the sky. 

2 Weak though we are, he still is near, 
To lead, console, defend ; 

In all our sorrow, all our fear, 
Our all-sufficient Friend. 

3 From his high throne in bliss, he deigns 
Our every prayer to heed ; 

Bears with our folly, soothes our pains, 
Supplies our every need. 

4 And from his love's exhaust-less spring, 
Joys like a river come, 

To make the desert bloom and sing, 
O'er which we travel home. 

5 O Jesus, there is none like thee, 
Our Saviour and our Lord ; 

Through earth and heaven exalted be, 
Belov'd, obey'd, adored. 

318 T ne crucifixion. C. M 

Ij^KOM whence these direful omens round, 
Which heaven and earth amaze ? 
And why do earthquakes cleave the 
Why hides the sun his rays ? [ground/ 
2 Well may the earth, astonish' d, shake, 

And nature sympathize, — 
The sun, as darkest night, be black } 

Their Maker, Jesus, dies ! 
v Behold, fast streaming from the tree. 

His all-atoning blood ! 
Is this the Infinite ? 'tis he,— 
My Saviour and my God. 

4 For me these pangs his soul assail ; 
For me this death is borne ; 

My sins gave sharpness to the nail, 
And pointed every thorn. 

5 Let sin no more my soul enslave ; 
Break, Lord, its tyrant chain ; 

0, save me, whom thou cam'st to save, 
Nor bleed nor die in vain. 



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Hymns. 



2X1/ On returning from a journey. C. M. 

THOU, Lord, hast blest my going out ; 
O bless my coming in : 
Compass my weakness round about, 
And keep me safe from sin. 

2 Still hide me in thy secret place ; 
Thy tabernacle spread : 

Shelter me with preserving grace, 
And screen my naked head. 

3 To thee for refuge may I run, 
From sin's alluring snare : 

Eeady its first approach to shun, 
And watching unto prayer. 

4 that I never, never more 
Might from thy ways depart : 

Here let me give my wand' rings o'er, 
By giving thee my heart. 

5 Fix my new heart on things above, 
And then from earth release ; 

1 ask not life, but let me love, 
And lay me down in peace. 

2/<^0 Grateful remembrance. CM. 

\ CCOEDING to thy gracious word, 

In meek humility. 
This will I do, my dying Lord, — 
I will remember thee. 

2 Thy body, broken for my sake, 
My bread from heaven shall be : 

Thy testamental cup I take, 
And thus remember thee. 

3 Gethsemane can I forget? 
Or there thy conflict see, 

Thine agony and bloody sweat, 
And not remember thee ? 

4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes, 
And rest on Calvary, 

Lamb of God, my Sacrifice, 
I must remember thee J 

5 Ee member thee and all thy pains, 
And all thy love to me : 

Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, 
Will I remember thee. 

6 And when these failing lips grow dumb, 
And mind and mem'ry flee, 

When thou shalt in thy kingdom come, 
Jesus, remember me. 

221 No peace to the wicked. C. M. 

£ 1NNEES, the voice of God regard ; 
^ 'Tis mercy speaks to-day ; 
He calls you by his sacred word 
From sin's destructive way, 

2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest 
You live, devoid of peace ; 

A thousand stings within your breast 
Deprive your souls of ease. 

3 Your way is dark, and leads to hell : 
Why will you persevere ? 

Car you in endless torments dwell, 
.'7 H up in. black despair 9 



4 Why will you in the crooked ways 
Of sin and folly go ? 

In pain you travel all your days, 
To reach eternal wo. 

5 But he that turns to God shall live, 
Through his abounding grace ; 

His mercy will the guilt forgive 
Of those that seek his face. 

6 Bow to the sceptre of his word, 
Eenouncing every sin ; 

Submit to him, your so v' reign Lord, 
And learn his will divine. 

222 Struggling into liberty. C. M. 

JESUS ! Eedeemer, Saviour, Lord, 
The weary sinner's Friend ; 
Come to my help, pronounce the word, 
And bid my troubles end. 

2 Deliv'rance to my soul proclaim, 
And life and liberty ; 

Shed forth the virtue of thy Name, 
And Jesus prove to me. 

3 Faith to be heal'd thou know'st I have, 
For. thou that faith hast given ; 

Thou canst, thou wilt, the sinner save, 
And make me meet for heaven. 

4 Thou canst o'ercome this heart of mine ; 
Thou wilt victorious prove ; 

For everlasting strength is thine, 
And everlasting love. 

223 -4 Sabbath in the sicJc chamber. C. M. 

THOUSANDS, Lord of Hosts, this day 
Around thine altars meet ; 
And tens of thousands throng to pay 
Their homage at thy feet. 

2 They sing thy deeds, as I have sung, 
In sweet and solemn lays ; 

Were I among them, my glad tongue 
Might learn new themes of praise. 

3 For thou art in their midst to teach, 
When on thy Name they call ; 

And thou hast blessings, Lord, for each,— 
Hast blessings, Lord, for all. 

4 I, of such fellowship bereft, 
In spirit turn to thee : 

0, hast thou not a blessing left, — 
A blessing, Lord, for me ? 

5 Behold thy pris'ner ; — loose my bands, 
If 'tis thy gracious will ; 

If not, — contented in thy hands, — 
Behold thy pris'ner still, 

6 I may not to thy courts repair, 
Yet here thou surely art ; 

Lord, consecrate a house of prayer 

In my surrender' d heart. 
| 7 To faith reveal the things unseen ; 

To hope, the joys untold ; 
Let love, without a veil between, 

Thy glory now behold. 



Hymns. 



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224k. Delivering grace celebrated. CM 

LORD, thou hast heard thy servants' cry, 
And rescued from the grave ; 
Now shall we live — for none can die 
Whom God delights to save. 

2 Thy praise, more constant than before, 
Shall fill our daily breath ; 

Thy hand, that hath chastised us sore, 
Defends us still from death. 

3 Here, with the' assembly of thy saints, 
Our cheerful voice we raise ; 

Here we have told thee our complaints, 
And here we speak thy praise. 

225 B7e is faithful that hath promised. CM. 

JESUS, the sinner's rest thou art, 
From guilt, and fear, and pain ; 
While thou art absent from the heart, 
We look for rest in vain. 

2 when wilt thou my Saviour be ? 
when shall I be clean ? 

The true eternal Sabbath see, — 
A. perfect rest from sin ? 

3 The consolations of thy word 
My soul have long upheld ; 

The faithful promise of the Lord 
Shall surely be fulfill'd. 

4 I look to my incarnate God 
Till he his work begin ; 

And wait till his redeeming blood 
Shall cleanse me from all sin. 

5 O that I now the voice might hear 
That speaks my sins forgiven ; 

Thy word is pass'd to give me here 
The inward pledge of heaven. 

6 Thy blood shall over all prevail, 
And sanctify the unclean ; 

The grace that saves the soul from hell, 
Will save from present sin. 

22Q Timely penitence. CM. 

WHEN rising from the bed of death, 
'er whelm' d with guilt and fear, 

1 view my Maker face to face, — 
how shall I appear ? 

2 If yet, while pardon may be found, 
And mercy may be sought, 

My soul with inward horror shrinks, 

And trembles at the thought : — 
8 When thou, Lord,shalt stand disclosed 

In majesty severe, 
And sit in judgment on my soul,— 

how shall I appear ? 
1 may my broken, contrite heart, 

Timely my sins lament ; 
A.nd early, with repentant tears, 

Eternal woe prevent. 



5 Behold the sorrows of my heart 
Ere yet it be too late ; 

And hear my Saviour's dying groan, 
To give those sorrows weight. 

6 For never shall my soul despair 
Her pardon to secure, 

Who knows thine only Son hath died 
To make that pardon sure. 



Warnings from the grave. 



227 

BENEATH our feet, and o'er our head, 
Is equal warning given ; 
Beneath us lie the countless dead, — 
Above us is the heaven. 

2 Death rides on every passing breeze, 
And lurks in every 'flower ; 

Each season hath its own disease,— 
Its peril every hour. 

3 Our eyes have seen the rosy light 
Of youth's soft cheek decay, 

And fate descend in sudden night 
On manhood's middle day. 

4 Our eyes have seen the steps of age 
Halt feebly to the tomb ; 

And shall earth still our hearts engage, 
And dreams of days to come ? 

5 Turn, mortal turn ; thy daDger know ; 
Where'er thy foot can tread, 

The earth rings hollow from below, 
And warns thee by her dead. 

6 Tu*rn, mortal, turn ; thy soul apply 
To truths divinely given ; 

The dead who underneath thee lie, 
Shall live for hell or heaven. 



22 8 Fear of hell. CM 

TERRIBLE thought ! shall I alone, 
Who may be saved, shall I, 
Of all, alas ! whom I have known, 
Through sin forever die ? 

2 While all my old companions deal', 
With whom I once did live, 

Joyful at God's right hand appear, 
A blessing to receive : — 

3 Shall I, amidst a ghastly band, 
Dragg'd to the judgment-seat, 

Far on the left with horror stand, 
My fearful doom to meet ? 

4 Ah ! no ; — I still may turn and livec 
For still his wrath delays ; 

He now vouchsafes a kind reprieve, 
And offers me his grace. 

5 I will accept his offers now — 
From every sin depart — 

Perform my oft-repeated vow, 
And render him my heart. 

6 I will improve what I receive, 
The grace through Jesus given f 

Sure, if with God on earth I live, 
To live with God in heaven. 



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Hymns. 



as ft ^ heaven. CM. 

[ESUS, the Life, the Truth, the Way, 
v In whom I now believe, 
As taught by thee, in faith I pray, 
Expecting to receive. 

2 Thy will by me on earth be done, 
As by the powers above, 

Who always see thee on thy throne, 
And glory in thy love. 

3 I ask in confidence the grace, 
That I may do thy will, 

As angels, who behold thy face, 
And all thy words fulfil. 

4 Surely I shall, the sinner I, 
Shall serve thee without fear, 

If thou my nature sanctify 
In answer to my prayer. 

^30 The day improved. CM. 

f FHIS day the Lord hath call'd his own ; 
*■ Let us his praise declare, 
Fix our desires on him alone, 
And seek his face with prayer. 

2 Lord, in thy love we would rejoice, 
Which sets the sinner free, 

And, with united heart and voice, 
Devote these hours to thee. 

3 Now let the world's delusive things 
No more our thoughts employ ; 

But faith be taught to stretch her wings, 
Tow'rd heaven's unfailing joy. 

1 let these earthly Sabbaths, Lord, 
Be to our welfare blest ; 

The purest comfort here afford, 
And fit us for our rest. 

Sis greatness and condescension. CM. 

OLOKD, our King, how excellent 
Thy name on earth is known, 
Thy glory in the firmament, 
How wonderfully shown ! 

2 When I behold the heavens on high, 
The work of thy right hand, 

The moon and stars amid the sky, 
Thy lights in every land ; — 

3 Lord ! what is man that thou shouldst 
On him to set thy love, [deign 

Give him on earth awhile to reign, 
Then fill a throne above ? 

4 Lord, how excellent thy name ; 
How manifold thy ways ! 

Let time thy saving truth proclaim, 
Eternity thy praise. 

232 The earth renewed in righteousness. C M. 

A LMIGHTY Spirit, now behold 

A world by sin destroy' d : 
Creating Spirit, as of old, 
Move~on the formless void. 



2 Give thou the word ; that healing sound 
Shall quell the deadly strife ; 

And earth again, like Eden crown' d, 
Bring forth the tree of life. 

3 If sang the morning stars for joy, 
When nature rose to view, 

What strains will angel-harps employ, 
When thou shalt all renew ? 

4 And if the sons of God rejoice 
To hear a Saviour's name, 

How will the ransom' d raise their voice s 
To whom the Saviour came 8 

5 Lo, every kindred, every tribe, 
Assembling round the throne, 

The new creation shall ascribe 
To sov'reign love alone. 

^33 Perfection °f the an d testimony. C. M. 

T ; HY law is perfect, Lord of light ; 
Thy testimonies sure ; 
The statutes of thy realm are right, 
And thy commandment pure. 

2 Let these, O God, my soul convert, 
And make thy servant wise ; 

Let these be gladness to my ears, — 
The dayspring to mine eyes. 

3 By these may I be warn'd betimes ; 
Who knows the guile within ? 

Lord, save me from presumptuous crimes : 

Cleanse me from secret sin. 
' 4 So may the words my lips express, — 

The thoughts that throng my mind, — 
; Lord, my strength and righteousness. 

With thee acceptance find. 



S>Q/fl The shadoxc of a great rock in a 
/W04fc weary land. C. 

MOW to the haven of thy breast, 
: U Son of man, I fly ; 
I Be thou my refuge and my rest, 

For ! the storm is high. 
: 2 Protect me from the furious blast ; 

My shield and shelter be ; 
Hide me, my Saviour, till o'erpast 
The storm of sin I see. 

3 As welcome as the water-spring 
Is to a barren place, 

Jesus, descend on me, and bring 
Thy sweet, refreshing'grace, 

4 As o'er a parch'd and weary land, 
A rock extends its shade, 

So hide me, Saviour, with thy hand, 
And screen my naked head. 

5 In all the times of my distress 
Thou hast my succour been ; 

And in my utter helplessness, 
Restraining me from sin ; 

6 How swift to save me didst thou move 
In every trying hour ; 

still protect me with thy love, 
And shield me with thy power- 



Hymns. 



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33 D 0ne G°d in three persons. C M. 

HAIL, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
One God in persons three ; 
Of thee we make our joyful boast, 
And homage pay to thee. 

2 Present alike in every place, 
Thy Godhead we adore ; 

Beyond the bounds of time and space 
Thou dwellest evermore. 

3 In wisdom infinite thou art, 
Thine eye doth all things see ; 

And every thought of every heart 
Is fully* known to thee. 

4 Thou lov'st whate'er thy hands have 
Thy goodness we rehearse, [made ; 

In shining characters display' d 
Throughout the universe. 

5 Wherefore let every creature give 
To thee the praise design' d ; 

But chiefly, Lord, the thanks receive, — 
The hearts, of all mankind. 

336 The Wa Vi the T ruth, and the Life. C. M. 

THOU art the Way : to thee alone, 
From sin and death we flee ; 
And he who would the Father seek, 
Must seek him, Lord, by thee. 

2 Thou art the Truth : thy word alone 
True wisdom can impart ; 

Thou only canst inform the mind, 
And purify the heart. 

3 Thou art the Life : the rending tomb, 
Proclaims thy conqu'ring arm ; 

And those who put their trust in thee 
Nor death nor hell shall harm. 

4 Thou art the Way— the Truth— the Life; 
Grant us that way to know — 

That truth to keep — that life to win — 
Whose joys eternal flow. 

33 T Pleading His gracious name. CM. 

LORD, I approach the mercy-seat, 
Where thou dost answer prayer ; 
There humbly fall before thy feet, — 
For none can perish there. 

2 Thy promise is my only plea ; 
With this I venture nigh ; 

Thou callest burden' d souls to thee, 
And such, Lord, am I. 

3 Bow'd down beneath a load of sin, 
By Satan sorely press' d ; 

By wars without^ and fears within, 
I come to thee for rest. 

4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place ; 
That, shelter' d near thy side, 

I may rejoice in Jesus' grace, — 
In Jesus crucified. 

5 O, wondrous love ! — to bleed and die, 
To bear the cross and shame, 

That guilty sinners, such as I, 
Might plead thy gracious name. 



338 The voice that wakes the dead. C. M, 

THOU Son of God, whose flaming eyes 
Our inmost thoughts perceive, 
Accept the grateful sacrifice 
Which now to thee we give. 

2 We bow before thy gracious throne 
And think ourselves sincere : 

But show us, Lord, is every one 
Thy real worshipper ? 

3 Is here a soul that knows thee not, 
Nor feels his need of thee, — 

A stranger to the blood which bought 
His pardon on the tree ? 

4 Convince him now of unbelief; 
His desp'rate state explain ; 

And fill his heart with sacred grief, 
And penitential pain. 

5 Speak, with thatvoicethatwakes the dead, 
And bid the sleeper rise ; 

And bid his guilty conscience dread 
The death that never dies. 

339 Victorious faith. C M, 

IN hope, against all human hope, 
Seli-desp'rate, I believe, — 
| Thy quick' ning word shall raise me up ; 
Thou wilt thy Spirit give. 

2 The thing surpasses all my thought ; 
But faithful is my Lord ; 

Through unbelief I stagger not, 
For God hath spoke the word. 

3 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees. 
And looks to that alone ; 

Laughs at impossibilities, 
And cries, — It shall be done ! 

4 To thee the glory of thy power 
And faithfulness I give : 

1 shall in Christ, at that gfad hour, 
And Christ in me shall live. 

5 Obedient faith, that waits on thee, 
Thou never wilt reprove ; 

But thou wilt form thy Son in me 
And perfect me in love. 

3 4: Deeds of charity. C . M 

HIGH on a throne of light, Lord, 
Dost thou exalted shine : 
What can our poverty bestow, 
Since all the world is thine ? 

2 But thou hast brethren here below, 
Partakers of thy grace, 

Whose humble names thou wilt confess 
Before thy Father's face. 

3 In them may'st thou be clothed and fed, 
And visited and cheer' d ; 

And, in their accents of distress, 
The Saviour's voice be heard. 

4 Whate'er our willing hands can give, 
Lord, at thy feet we lay ; 

Grace will the humble gift receive, 
And grace at length repay. 



48 * Hymns. 



O/l -i Toining 

^tic _L the song of the Church triumphant. C M. 

SING we the song of those who stand 
Around the' eternal throne, 
Of every kindred, clime, and land, — 
. A multitude unknown. 

2 Life's poor distinctions vanish here, 
To-day the young, the old, 

Our Saviour and his flock, appear, 
One shepherd and one fold. 

3 Toil, trial, suff'ring, still await 
On earth the pilgrim throng ; 

Yet learn we in our low estate 
The Church triumphant's song. 

1 Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain, 
Cry the redeem' d above, 

Blessing and honour to obtain, 
And everlasting love. 

5 Worthy the Lamb, on earth we sing, 
Who died our souls to save : 

Henceforth, Death, where is thy sting ? 
Thy victory, Grave ? 

6 Then hallelujah ! power and praise 
To God in Christ be given ; 

May all who now this anthem raise, 
Eenew the song in heaven. 

34:3 The universal bond of love. CM. 

THE glorious universe around, 
The heavens with all their train, 
Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound 
In one mysterious chain. 

2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky, 
To form one world agree ; 

Where all that walk, or swim, or fly, 
Compose one family. 

3 God in creation thus displays 
His wisdom and his might, 

While all his works with all his ways, 
Harmoniously unite. 

4 In one fraternal bond of love, 
One fellowship of mind, 

The saints below and saints above 
Their bliss and glory find. 

5 Here, in their house of pilgrimage, 
Thy statutes are their song ; 

There, through one bright, eternal age, 
Thy praises they prolong. 

6 Lord, may our union form a part 
Of that thrice happy whole ; 

Derive its pulse from thee, the heart, 
Its life from thee, the soul. 

34:3 Anniversary : the children's jubilee. CM. 

HOSANNA, be the children's song, 
To Christ, the children's King ; 
His praise, to whom our souls belong, 

Let all the children sing. 
2 From little ones to Jesus brought, 

Hosanna now be heard ; 
Let little infants now be taught 
To lisp that lovely word. 



c. M. 



3 Hosanna, sound from hill to hill, 
And spread from plain to plain, 

While louder, sweeter, clearer still, 
Woods echo to the strain. 

4 Hosanna, on the wings of light, 
O'er earth and ocean fly, 

Till morn to eve, and noon to night, 
And heaven to earth, reply. 

5 Hosanna, then, our song shall be ; 
Hosanna to our King-: 

This is the children's jubilee r 
Let all the children sing. 

344: Children in heaven. 

THERE is a glorious world of light, 
Above the starry sky, 
Where saints departed/clothed in white, 
Adore the Lord most high. 

2 And hark, amid the sacred songs 
Those heavenly voices raise, 

Ten thousand thousand infant tongues 
Unite in perfect praise. 

3 These are the hymns that we shall know, 
If Jesus we obey : 

That is the place where we shall go, 
If found in wisdom's way. 

4 Soon will our earthly race be run — 
Our mortal frame decay ; 

Children and teachers, one by one, 
Must die and pass away. 

5 Great God, impress this serious thought. 
To-day, on every breast ; 

That both the teachers and the taught 
May dwell among the blest. 

34:5 The God of nature and of grace. C M. 

THE God of nature and of grace 
In all his works appears ; 
His goodness through the earth we trace, 
His grandeur in the spheres. 

2 Behold this fair and fertile globe, 
By him in wisdom plann'd ; 

'Twas he who girded, like a robe, 
The ocean round the land. 

3 Lift to the arch of heaven your eye ; 
Thither his path pursue ; 

His glory, boundless as the sky, 
O'erwhelms the wond'ring view. 

4 How excellent, Lord, thy name, 
In all creation's lines : 

; Spread through eternity, thy fame 

With rising lustre shines. 
| 5 These lower works that swell thy praise. 

High as our thoughts can tower, 
Are but a portion of thy ways, — 

The hiding of thy power. 

6 Millions before thy presence stand 
Who feel, while they adore, 

Fulness of joy at thy right hand. 
And pleasures evermore. 



i 



Hymns. 



49 



246 Longing to be dissolved in love. CM. 

JESUS hath died that I might live, 
Might live to God alone ; 
In him eternal life receive, 

And be in spirit one. 
•2 Saviour, I thank thee for the grace, 

The gift unspeakable ; 
And wait with arms of faith to' embrace, 
And all thy love to feel. 

3 My soul breaks out in strong desire 
The perfect bliss to prove ; 

My longing heart is all on fire 
To be dissolved in love. 

4 Give me thyself ; from every boast 
From every wish set free ; 

Let ail I am in thee be lost, 
But give thyself to me. 

5 Thy gifts, alas ! cannot suffice, 
Unless thyself be given ; 

Thy presence makes my paradise, 
And where thou art is heaven. 

347 His glory and majesty. C M. 

OGOD, we praise thee, and confess 
That thou the only Lord 
And everlasting Father art, 
By all the earth adored. 

2 To thee all angels cry aioud ; 
To thee the powers on high, 

Both cherubim and seraphim, 
Continually do cry ; — 

3 O holy, holy, holy Lord, 
Whom heavenly hosts obey, 

The world is with the glory fill'd 
Of thy majestic sway. 

4 The' apostles' glorious company, 
And prophets crown'd with light, 

With all the martyrs' noble host, 
Thy constant praise recite. 

5 The holy Church throughout the world, 
Lord, confesses thee, 

That thou eternal Father art, 
Of boundless majesty. 

248 The Spirit 1 s quickening power. C M. 
POME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
^ With all thy quick'ning powers ; 
Kindle a flame of sacred love 
In these cold hearts of ours. 

2 Look how we grovel here below, 
Fond of these earthly toys ; 

Our souls, how heavily they go, 
To reach eternal joys. 

3 In vain we tune our formal songs, — 
In vain we strive to rise ; 

Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
And our devotion dies. 

4 Father, and shall we ever live 
At this poor dying rate ; 

Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
And thine to us so great ? 



5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Love, 
With all thy quick'ning powers ; 

Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, 
And that shall kindle ours. 

A C\ The Minister's prayer ; The scandal 
&*±Xj of the cross. CM. 

JESUS, my strength and righteousness, 
My Saviour and my King, 
Triumphantly thy Name I bless, — 
Thy conqu'ring Name I sing. 

2 Thou, Lord, hast magnified thy Name f 
Thou hast maintain'd thy cause ; 

And I enjoy the glorious shame, — 
The scandal of thy cross. 

3 Thou gavest me to speak thy word, 
In the appointed hour ; 

1 have proclaim' d my dying Lord, 
And felt thy Spirit's power. 

4 Superior to my foes I stood, 
Above their smile or frown ; 

On all the strangers to thy blood 
With pitying love look'd down. 

5 let me have thy presence still ; 
Set as a flint my face, 

To show the counsel of thy will, 
Which saves a world by grace. 

6 let me never blush to own 
The glorious Gospel-word ; 

Which saves a world through faith alone, 
Faith in a dying Lord. 

350 All-uniting faith. CM. 

LET all in whom the Spirit glows, 
In whom God's word hath place, 
The all-uniting faith disclose, — ■ 
The all-endearing grace. 

2 Then shall the world, admiring, view 
The gather' d flock at rest ; 

And own the Son divinely true, 
The saints divinely blest. 

351 Blessedness of instructing the young. C M. 

DELIGHTFUL work ! young souls to win, 
And turn the rising race 
From the deceitful paths of sin, 
To seek redeeming grace. 

2 Children our kind protection claim ; 
And God will well approve 

When infants learn to lisp his name, 
And their Eedeemer love. 

3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way 
To guide untutor'd youth, 

And show the mind which went astray 
The Way, the Life, the Truth. 

4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, 
To aid this blest design ; 

The honours of thy Name be spread, 
And all the glorv thine. 



50 



Hymns. 



252 For the xoaters of salvation, CM.; 255 Evening : Gratitude and trust. C. M 



FOUNTAIN of life, to all below 
Let thy salvation roll ; 
Water, replenish, and o'erflow 
Every believing soul. 

2 Into that happy number, Lord, 
Us weary sinners take ; 

Jesus, fulfil thy gracious word, 
For thine own mercy's sake. 

3 Turn back our nature's rapid tide, 
And we shall flow to thee, 

While down the stream of time we glide 
To our eternity. 

4 The well of life to us thou art,— 
Of joy, the swelling flood ; 

Wafted by thee, with willing heart, 
We swift return to God. 

5 We soon shall reach the boundless sea : 
Into thy fulness fall ; 

Be lost and swallow'd up in thee,— 
Our God, our All in All. 

*> P£ Q Strength renewed by waiting upon the 
<^>*J*J Lord. C. M, 

T OKD, I believe thy every word, 
U Thy every promise true ; 
And lo ! I wait on thee, my Lord, 
Till I my strength renew. 

2 If in this feeble flesh I may 
Awhile show forth thy praise, 

Jesus, support the tott'ring clay, 
And lengthen out my days. 

3 If such a worm as I can spread 
The common Saviour's name, 

Let Him who raised thee from the dead 
Quicken my mortal frame. 

4 Still let me live thy blood to show, 
Which purges every stain ; 

And gladly linger out below 
A few more years in pain. 

254 Let thy priests be clothed with salvation. C. M. 
TESUS, the word of mercy give, 
And let it swiftly run ; 
And let the priests themselves believe, 
And put salvation on. 

2 Jesus, let all thy servants shine 
Illustrious as the sun ; 

And, bright with borrow' d rays divine, 
Their glorious circuit run. 

3 Beyond the reach of mortals, spread 
Their light where'er they go ; 

And heavenly influences shed 
On all the world below. 

4 As giants may they run their race, 
Exulting in their might ; 

As burning luminaries chase 
The gloom of hellish night. 

5 As the bright Sun of righteousness, 
Their healing wings display ; 

And let their lustre still increase 
Unto the perfect day. 



VREAT God, to thee my evening song; 
J With gratitude I raise ; 
let thy mercy tune my tongue 
^nd fill my Heart witn praise/ 

2 My days, unclouded as they pass, 
And every fleeting hour 

Are monuments of wondrous grace,— 
01 mercy, love, and power. 

3 Thy love and power, celestial guard, 
Preserve me from all harm : 

Can danger reach me while the Lord 
Extends his mighty arm ? 

4 Let this blest hope mine eyelids close ; 
With sleep refresh my frame ; 

Safe in thy care may I repose, 
And wake to praise thy Name. 

250 His sympathizing love. C. M. 

"WITH joy we meditate the grace 

Of our High Priest above ; 
His heart is made of tenderness, 
His bowels melt with love. 

2 Touch'd with a sympathy within, 
He knows our feeble frame ; 

He knows what sore temptations mean, 
Eor he hath felt the same. 

3 He, in the days of feeble flesh, 
Pour'd out strong cries and tears,. 

And in his measure feels afresh 
What every member bears. 

4 He'll never quench the smoking fiax„ 
But raise it to a flame ; 

The bruised reed he never breaks, 
Nor scorns the meanest name. 

5 Then let our humble faith address 
His mercy and his power ; 

We shall obtain deliv'ring grace 
In every trying hour. 

25T Perpetual praise. C. M 

YES, I will bless thee, O my God, 
Through all my fleeting days ; 
And to eternity prolong 
Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 

2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim 
The honours of my God ; 

My life, with all its active powers, 
Shall spread thy praise abroad. 

3 Nor will I cease thy praise to sing, 
When death shall close mine eyes ; 

My thoughts shall then to nobler heights. 
And sweeter raptures rise. 

4 Then shall my hps, in endless praise, 
Their grateful tribute pay ; 

The theme demands an angel's tongue., 
And an eternal day. 



Hymns. 51 



358 Safety in union. CM 

JESUS, great Shepherd of the sheep, 
To thee lor help we fly : 
Thy little flock in safety keep, 
For O ! the wolf is nigh. 

2 He comes, of hellish malice full, 

To scatter, tear, and slay ; 
He seizes every straggling soul 

As his own lawful prey. 

• 3 Us into thy protection take, 
And gather with thme arm ; 
Unless the fold we first forsake, 
The wolf can never harm. 

4 We laugh to scorn his cruel power, 
While by our Shepherd's side ; 

The sheep he never can devour, 
Unless he first divide. 

5 do not suffer him to part 
The souls that here agree ; 

But make us of one mind and heart, 
And keep us one in thee. 

6 Together let us sweetly live, — 
Together let us die ; 

And each a starry crown receive, 
And reign above the sky. 

/^59 Mourning departed joys. CM. 

SWEET was the time when first I felt 
The Saviour's pard'ning blood 
Applied to cleanse my soul from guilt, 
And bring me home to God. 

2 Soon as the morn the light reveal' d, 
His praises tuned my tongue ; 

And when the evening shades prevail' d, 
His love was all my "song. 

3 In prayer my soul drew near the Lord, 
And saw his glory shine ; 

And when I read his holy word, 
I call'd each promise mine. 

4 But now, when eveuing shade prevails, 
My soul in darkness mourns ; 

And when the morn the light reveals, 
No light to me returns. 

5 Eise, Lord, and help me to prevail ; 
make my soul thy care ; 

1 know thy mercy cannot fail ; — 
Let me that mercy share. 

260 United, — though separated. C. M. 

"DLEST be the dear uniting love, 

That will not let us part : 
Our bodies may far off remove, 
We still are one in heart. 

2 Join'd in one spirit to our Head, 
Where he appoints we go ; 

And still in Jesus' footsteps tread, 
And show his praise below. 



3 may we ever walk in him, 
And nothing know beside, — 

Nothing desire, nothing esteem, 
But Jesus crucified. 

4 Closer and closer let us cleavs 
To his beloved embrace ; 

Expect his fulness to receive, 
And grace to answer grace. 

5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace, 
The same in mind and heart, 

Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place, 

Nor life, nor death can part. 
8 Tnen let us hasten to the day 

Which shall our grace restore ; 
When death shall all be done away, 

And bodies part no more. 

.^01 27* e Lord's Supper ; Strength renewed. C M 

OGOD, unseen, yet ever near, 
Thy presence may we feel ; 
And thus, inspired with holy fear, 
Before thy table kneel. 

2 Here may thy faithful people know 
The blessings of thy love ; 

The streams that through the desert flow, — 
The manna from above. 

3 We come, obedient to thy word, 
To feast on heavenly food ; 

Our meat, the body of the Lord, 
Our drink, his precious blood. 

4 Thus may we all thy words obey ; 
For we, O God, are thine ; 

And go rejoicing on our way, 
Benew'd with strength divine. 

■^ ie hope of our high calling. C. M, 

WHAT is our calling's glorious hope, 
But inward holiness ? 
For this to Jesus I look up ; 
I calmly wait for this. 

2 I wait till he shall touch me clean, — 
Shall life and power impart ; 

Give me the faith that casts out sin, 
And purifies the heart. 

3 This is the dear redeeming grace. 
For every sinner free ; 

Surely it shall on me take place, 
The chief of sinners, — me. 

4 From all iniquity, from all, 
He shall my soul redeem ; 

In Jesus I believe, and shall 
Believe myself to him. 

5 When Jesus makes my heart his home, 
My sin shall all depart ; — 

And, lo ! he saith, I quickly come, 
To fill and rule thy heart 

6 Be it according to thy word ; 
Eedeem me from all sin ; 

k My heart would now receive thee, Lord ; 
% Come in, my Lord, come in ! 



52 



Hymns. 



363 &°t m y will) but thine be done. C. M. 

ALL- WISE, almighty, and all-good, 
In thee 1 firmly trust ; 
Thy ways, unknown or understood, 
Are merciful and just. 

2 May I remember that to thee 

Whate'er I have I owe ; 
And back m gratitude from me, 

May all thy bounties flow. 

S Thy gifts are only then enjoy'd, 

When used as talents lent ; 
Those talents only well employ' d 

When in thy service spent. 

4 And though thy wisdom takes away, 

Shall I arraign thy will ? 
No ! let me bless thy Name, and say, — 

The Lord is gracious still. 



The exceeding great reward. 



264 

THY name to me, thy nature grant ! 
This, only this be given ! 
Nothing beside my God I want ! 
Nothing in earth or heaven. 

2 Come, my Saviour, come away 
Into my soul descend ; 

No longer from thy creature stay, 
My Author and my End. 

3 The bliss thou hast for me prepared, 
No longer be delay' d; 

Come, my exceeding great Beward, 
For whom I first was made. 

4 Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
And seal me thine abode ; 

Let all I am in thee be lost, 
Let all be lost in God. 



Without God in the world. 



265 



GOD is in this and every place 5 
But O, how dark and void 
To me ! — 'tis one great wilderness, 
This earth without my God. 

2 Empty of Him who all things fills, 
Till he his light impart, — 

Till he his glorious self reveals, — 
The veil is on my heart. 

3 Thou who seest and know'st my grief, 
Thyself unseen, unknown, 

Pity my helpless unbelief, 
And break my heart of stone. 

4 Eegard me with a gracious eye ; 
The long-sought blessing give ; 

And bid me, at the point to die, 
Benold thy face and live; 



366 Totally diseased. CM. 

WHILE dead in trespasses I lie, 
" Thy quick' ning Spirit give ; 
Call me, thou Son of God, that I 
May hear thy voice and live. 

2 While full of anguish and disease, 
My weak, distemper'd soul 

Thy love compassionately sees : 
O let it make me whole J 

3 Cast out thy foes, and let them still 
To Jesus' name submit : 

Clothe with thy righteousness, and heal, 
And place me at thy feet. 

4 To Jesus' name, if all things n^w 
A trembling homage pay, 

let my stubborn spirit bow, — 
My stiff-neck' d will obey. 

5 I know in thee all fulness dwells, 
And all for wretched man : 

Fill every want my spirit feels, 
And break off every chain. 

36^ Vain repentance. C . M 

TIMES without number have I prayM,— 
This only once forgive ; 
Kelapsing when thy hand was stay'd, 
And suffer' d me to live : 

2 Yet now the kingdom of thy peace, 

Lord, to my heart restore ; 
Forgive my vain repentances, * 

And bid me sin no more. 

368 In fear and trembling . C M 

FATHEE of lights, thy needful aid 
To us that ask, impart ; 
Mistrustful of ourselves, afraid 
Of our own treacherous heart „ 

2 O'erwhehxTd with justest fear, again 
To thee for help we call : 

Where many mightier have been slain, 
By thee unsaved, we fall. 

3 Ah ! what avails superior light, 
Without superior love ; 

We see the truth, we judge aright, 
And wisdom's ways approve. 

4 In spite of our resolves, we fear 
Our own infirmity ; 

And tremble at the trial near, 
And cry, O God, to thee ! 

5 Our only help in danger's hour, 
Our only strength thou art ; 

Above the world and Satan's power 
And greater than our heart. 

6 Us from ourselves thou canst secure 
In nature's slipp'iy ways ; 

And make our feeble footsteps sure 
By thy sufficient grace. 



Hymns. 



53 



Sympathy uith the afflicted. CM. 

FATHER of mercies, send thy grace, 
All-powerful, from above, 
To form in our obedient souls 
The image of thy love. 

2 O ! may our sympathizing breasts 
That generous pleasure know, 

Kindly to share in other's joy, 
And weep for others' woe. 

3 When poor and helpless sons of grief 
In deep distress are laid. 

Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, 
And swift our hands to aid. 

4 So Jesus look'd on dying man, 
When, throned above the skies, 

And in the Father's bosom blest, 
He felt compassion rise. 

5 On wings of love the Saviour flew, 
To bless a ruined race ; 

We would, Lord, thy steps pursue, 
Thy bright example trace. 

2 T'O b^^ff from God's presence. C. M. 
RE AT Shepherd of thy people, hear ; 
Thy presence now display ; 
We kneel within thy house of prayer ; 
give us hearts to pray. 

2 The clouds which veil thee from our sight, 
In pity, Lord, remove : 

Dispose our minds to hear aright 
The message of thy love. 

3 Help us, with holy fear and joy, 
To kneel before thy face ; 

make us, creatures of thy power, 
The children of thy grace. 

Urgent pleadings. CM. 

IS there a thing too hard for thee, 
Almighty Lord of all ; 
Whose threat'ning looks dry up the sea, 
And make the mountains fall ? 

2 Who, who shall in thy presence stand, 
And match Omnipotence ? 

Ungrasp the hold of thy rigat hand, 
Or pluck the sinner thence ? 

3 Sworn to destroy, let earth assail ; 
Nearer to save thou art ; 

Stronger than all the powers of hell, 
And greater than my heart. 

4 Lo ! to the hills I lift mine eye , 
Thy promised aid I claim : 

Father of mercies, glorify 
Thy favourite Jesus' name. 

5 Salvation in that name is found, 
Balm of my grief and care ; 

A medicine for^every wound,— 
All, all I want is there. 



Trusting in the mercy of God. C. M 

WHY, my soul, why depress'd, 
And whence thine anxious fears ? 
Let former mercies fix thy trust 
And check thy rising tears. 

2 Affliction is a stormy deep, 
Where wave succeeds to wave ; 

Though o'er my head the billows sweep, 
I know the Lord can save. 

3 His grace and mercy trust, my soul, 
Nor murmur at his rod : 

In vain the waves of trouble roll 
While he is still thy God. 

3 T 3 Acquiescence in the Divine will. C. M 

AUTHOR of good, we rest on thee ; 
Thine ever watchful eye 
Alone our real wants can see, — 
Thy hand alone supply. 

2 In thine all gracious providence 
Our cheerful hopes confide ; 

let thy power be our defence, — 
Thy love our footsteps guide. 

3 And since, by passion's force subdued. 
Too oft, with stubborn will, 

We blindly shun the latent good, 
And grasp the specious ill, — 

4 Not what we wish, but what we want 
Let mercy still supply : 

The good unask'd, O Father, grant ; 
The ill, though ask'd, deny. 

ST 4 Chastisement received with humility . CM, 

TT is the Lord, who doth not grieve, 

Or needlessly reprove ; 
Saviour, we thankfully receive 

The tokens of thy love. 
2 These tokens may we ever prize, 

And answer their intent, 
By hst'ning to thy word, that cries, — 

Be zealous, and repent. 

2 T & Love the test of discipleship. C M 

OUR God is love ; and all his saints 
His image bear below : 
The heart with love to God inspired, 
With love to man will glow. 

2 None who are truly born of God 
Can live in enmity ; 

Then may we love each other, Lord, 
As we are loved by thee. 

3 Heirs of the same immortal bliss, 
Our hopes and fears the same, 

With bonds of love our hearts unite, 
With mutual love inflame. 

4 So may the unbelieving world 
See how true Christians love ; 

And glorify our Saviour's grace, 
And seek that grace to prove- 



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Hymns. 



2 T (3 Grateful praise for delivering mercy. C. M. 

OTHOT. who, when we did complain. 
Didst all our griefs remove ; 
J Saviour, do not now disdain 
Our humble praise and love. 

2 Since thou a pitying ear didst give. 
And hear us when we pray'd, 

We'll call upon thee while we live, 
x\nd never doubt thy aid. 

3 Pale death, with all his ghastly train, 
Our souls encompass 'd round ; 

Anguish, and fear, and dread, and pain, 
On every side we found. 

4 To thee, Lord of life, we pray'd, 
And did for succour flee : 

save, — in our distress Ave said. — 
The souls that trust in thee. 

5 How good thou art ! how large thy grace ! 
How read} to forgive ! 

Thy mercies crown'our fleeting days ; 
And by thy love we live. 

6 Our eyes no longer drown" d in tears, 
Our feet from falling free : 

Redeem' d from death and guilty fears, 
Lord, we'll live to thee. 



7 ^ Behold the Lamb. CM. 

LOOK unto Christ, ye nations ; own 
Your God, ye fallen race 5 
Look, and be saved through faith alone. 
Be justified by grace. 

2 See all your sins on Jesus laid: 
The Lamb of God was slain : 

His soul was once an off' ring made 
For every soul of man. 

3 Awake from guilty nature's sleep, 
And Christ shall give you light ; 

Cast all your,sins into the deep. 
And wash the Ethiop white. 

4 With me. your chief, ye then shall know, 
Shall feel, your sins forgiven ; 

Anticipate your heaven below. 
And own that love is heaven . 



4 Where am I now ? from what a height 
Of happiness cast down ! 

The glory swallow'd up in night, 
And faded is the crown. 

5 God, thou art my home, my rest, 
Lor which I sigh in pain ; 

How shall I 'scape into thy breast ? 
My Eden, how regain ? " 

commandments are exceeding broad. C . M 

DEEPEN the wound thy hands have maue 
In this weak, helpless soul : 
Till mercy, with its balmy aid, 
Descend to make me whole. 
•2 The sharpness of thy two-edged sword 

Enable me to' endure ; 
Till bold to say, — My halTwing Lord 
Hath wrought a perfect cure. 

3 I see the' exceeding broad command, 
Which all contains in one : 

Enlarge my heart to understand 
The mystery unknown. 

4 that, with all thy saints I might 
By sweet experience prove 

, What is the length, and breadth, and height, 
I And depth, of perfect love. 

280 

Submissive resignation. C. M. 

A LOBD ! my best desire fulfil, 

U And help me to resign 

Life, health, and comfort to thy will, 

And make thy pleasure mine. 
•2 Why should I shrink at thy command, 

Whose love forbids my fears \ 
Or tremble at the gracious hand 

That wipes away my tears ? 
3 No ! rather let me freely yield 

What most I prize to thee, 
Who never hast a good withheld, 

Or wilt withhold from me. 



2H8 Loss of first lave. 

OTHAT I were as heretofore, 
When, warm in my first love, 

1 only lived my God to' adore, 
And seek the things above. 

2 Upon my head his candle shone. 
And. lavish of his grace. 

With cords of love he drew me on. 
And half unveil' d his face. 

8 Far, far above all earthly things 

Triumphantly I rode ; 
t soar'd to heaven on eagles' wings. 

And found, and talk'd with God. 



C. M. 



4 Thy favor, all my journey through, 

Shall be my rich supply : 
What else I want, or think I do, 

Let wisdom still deny. 

281 - Patient in tribulation. CM. 

TiyiTH trouble laden — grief oppress' d, 
'J Wings had I like a dove. 
I'd fly away, and be at rest, 
Within a world above ! — 

2 A world where angels, pure as fair, 
Swell Jesus' glorious train ; 

Xor sin may make intrusion there, 
Nor death an entrance gain : — 

3 Where God's own hand shall wipe away 
The tears from every face ; 

And Jesus to his saints display 
His mysteries of grace. 

4 Yet, Lord, each murm'ring thought eon- 
Each anxious wish repress ; [trol ; 

To thee I would resign my soul, 
And wait till thou shalt bless. 



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Children in the arms of Jesus. C. M. 

BEHOLD what condescending love 
Jesus on earth displays ! — 
To babes and sucklings he extends 
The riches of his grace. 

2 He still the ancient promise keeps, 
To our forefathers given , 

Youno: children in his arms he takes, 
And calls them heirs of heaven. 

3 Forbid them not, whom Jesus calls, 
Nor dare the claim resist, 

Since his own lips to us declare 
Of such will heaven consist. 

4 With flowing tears, and. thankful hearts, 
We give them up to thee ; 

Keceive them, Lord, into thine arms ; 
Thine may they ever be. 

283 Omniscience. C M. 

LORD, all I am is known to thee ; 
In vain my soul would try 
To shun thy presence, or to flee 
The notice of thine eye. 

2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys 
My rising and my rest, 

My public walks, my private ways, 
The secrets of my breast. 

3 My thoughts lie open to thee, Lord, 
Before they're formed within, 

And ere my lips pronounce the word, 
Thou know'st the sense I mean. 

4 wondrous knowledge ! deep and high : 
Where can a creature hide ? 

Within thy circling arms I lie, 
Beset on every side. 

5 So let thy grace surround me still, 
And like a bulwark prove, 

To guard my soul from every ill, 
Secured by sov'reign love. 

284 

The bond of perfectness. C. M. 

THE sacred bond of perfectness 
Is spotless charity ; 
O let us, Lord, we pray, possess 
The mind that was in thee. 

2 Grant this, and then from all below 
Insensibly remove : 

Our souls the change shall scarcely know, 
Made perfect first in love. 

3 With ease our souls through death shall 
Into their paradise ; [glide 

And thence on wings of angels ride 
Triumphant through the skies. 

4 Yet when the fullest joy is given, 
The same delight we prove ; 

In earth, in paradise, in heaven, 
Our all in all is love. 



I OCR Deeds of love for Christ's sake, 

I WOO rewarded. CM. 

HOW blest the children of the Lord, 
Who, walking in his sight, 
j Make all the precepts of his word 
I Their study and delight. 

2 That precious wealth shall be their dower, 
Which cannot know decay; 

Which, moth or rust shall ne'er devour, 
Or spoiler take away. 

3 Eor them that heavenly light shall spread 
Whose cheering rays illume 

The darkest hours of life, and shed 
A halo round the tomb. 

4 Their works of piety and love, 
Perform' d through Christ, their Lord, 

Forever register' d above, 
Shall meet a sure reward. 

386 Feeling after God. CM. 

THOU hidden God, for whom I groan, — 
Till thou thyself declare, 
God, inaccessible, unknown, — 
Eegard a sinner's prayer : 

2 A sinner welt' ring in his blood, 
Unpurged and unforgiven : 

Far distant from the living God, 
As far as hell from heaven. 

3 An unregen'rate child of man, 
To thee for help I call ; 

Pity thy fallen creature's pain, 
And raise me from my fall. 

4 The darkness which through thee I feel, 
Thou only canst remove ; 

Thine own eternal power reveal, 
Thine everlasting love. 

5 I would not to thy foe submit ; 
I hate the tyrant's chain ; 

Send forth the pris'ner from the pit, 
Nor let me cry in vain. 

6 Show me the blood that bought my peace, 
The cov'nant blood apply ; 

And all my griefs at once shall cease, 
And all my sins shall die. 

287 For a blessing on the children. 0. M 

WISDOM ! whose unfading power 
Beside the' Eternal stood, 
To frame, in nature's earliest hour, 
The land, the sky, the flood ; 

2 Yet didst thou not disdain awhile 
An infant form to wear, — 

To bless thy mother with a smile, 
And lisp thy falter' d prayer. 

3 But in thy Father's own abode, 
With Israel's elders round, 

Conversing high with Israel's God, 
Thy chiefest joy was found. 

4 So may our youth adore thy Name ! 
And, Saviour ! deign to bless 

With fost'ring grace the timid flame 
Of early holiness. 



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388 And so fulfil the law of Christ. C. M. 

TRY us, God, and search the ground 
Of every sinful heart : 
Whate'er of sin in us is found, 
O bid it all depart. 

2 If to the right or left we stray, 
Leave us not comfortless ; 

But guide our feet into the way 
Of everlasting peace. 

3 Help us to help each other, Lord, 
Each other's cross to bear : 

Let each his friendly aid afford, 
And feel his brother's care. 

4 Help us to build each other up ; 
Our little stock improve ; 

Increase our faith, confirm our hope, 
And perfect us in love. 

5 Up into thee, our living Head, . 
Let us in all things grow, 

Till thou hast made us free indeed, 
And spotless here below. 

6 Then, when the mighty work is wrought, 
Receive thy ready bride : 

Give us in heaven a happy lot 
With all the sanctified. 



289 



Glorying in tribulations. 



C. M. 



THEE, Jesus, full of truth and grace, 
Thee, Saviour, we adore ; 
Thee in affliction's furnace praise, 

And magnify thy power. 
3 Thy .power, in human weakness shown, 

Shall make us all entire ; 
We now thy guardian presence own, 
And walk, unburnt, in fire. 

3 Thee, Son of man, by faith we see, 
And glory in our Guide ; 

Surrounded and upheld by thee, 
The fiery test abide. 

4 The fire our graces shall refine, 
Till, moulded from above, 

We bear the character divine,— 
The stamp of perfect love. 

290 Aspiring after holiness. C. M. 

THOU God of all-sufficient grace, 
My God in Christ thou art ; 
O may I walk before thy face, 

Till I am pure in heart : 
Until, transform' d by faith divine, 

I gain that love unknown ; 
And bright in all thine image shine, 

By putting on thy Son. 
2 Now, Father, Son. and Holy Ghost, 

In council join again, 
To reimpress thine image, lost 

By frail, apostate man ; 
might I, Lord, thy form express, — 

Begotten from above, — 
Be stamp'd with real holiness, 
And fill'd with perfect love ! 



301 ■^ ie J j0ro ^ s Supper o The invitation, C. M, 

THE King of heaven his table spreads, 
And blessings crown the board ; 
Not Paradise, with all its joys, 
Could such delight afford, 

2 Pardon and peace to dying men, 
And endless life are given, 

Through the rich blood that Jesus shed. 
To raise our souls to heaven. 

3 Millions of souls, in glory now, 
Were fed and feasted here ; 

And millions more, still on the way, 
Around the board appear. 

4 All things are ready, come away, 
Nor weak excuses frame ; 

Crowd to your places at the feast, 
And bless the Founder's name. 

Approaching the table. CM 

JESUS, at whose supreme command 
We now approach to God, 
Before us in thy vesture stand, 
Thy vesture dipp'd in blood. 

2 Now, Saviour, now thyself reveal, 
And make thy nature known ; 

Affix thy blessed Spirit's seal, 
And stamp us for thine own. 

3 The tokens of thy dying love, 

let us all receive. 

And feel the quick'ning Spirit move, 
And sensibly believe. 

4 The cup of blessing, blest by thee, 
Let it thy blood impart ; 

The bread thy mystic body be, 
To cheer each languid heart. 

5 The living bread sent down from heaven, 
In us vouchsafe to be : 

Thy flesh for all the world is given, 
And all may live by thee. 

393 Waiting upon the Lord. 0. M. 

STILL, for thy loving-kindness, Lord, 
I in thy temple wait : 

1 look to find thee in thy word, 
Or at thy table meet. 

2 Here, in thine own appointed ways, 

1 wait to learn thy will : 
Silent I stand before thy face, 

And hear thee say, — Be still ! 

3 Be still ! and know that I am God > 
'Tis all I live to know ; 

To feel the virtue of thy blood, 
And spread its praise below. 

4 I wait my vigor to renew, — 
Thine image to retrieve ; 

The veil of outward things pass through, 
And gasp in thee to live. 



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394: Victory over the fears of death. C. M. 

OFOR an overcoming faith, 
To cheer my dying hours, — 
To triumph o'er approaching death, 
And all his frightful powers. 

2 Joyful, with all the strength I have, 
My quiv'ring lips should sing, — 

W here is thy boasted vict'ry, Grave ? 
And where, O Death, thy sting ? 

3 If sin be pardon' d, I'm secure 
Death has no sting beside : 

The law gives sin its damning power, 
But Christ, my ransom, died. 

4 Now to the God of victory 
Immortal thanks be paid, — 

Who makes us conqu'rors, while we die, 
Through Christ, our living Head. 

395 €hd unsearchable. CM. 

HAIL, Father, whose creating call 
Unnumber'd worlds attend; 
Jehovah, comprehending all, 
Whom none can comprehend : 

2 In light unsearchable enthroned, 
Whom angels dimly see ; 

The fountain of the Godhead own'd, 
And foremost of the Three : 

3 Supreme and all-sufficient God ! 
When nature shall expire, 

And worlds created by thy nod, 
Shall perish by thy fire ; 

4 Thy Name, Jehovah, be adored 
By creatures without end ; 

Whom none but thy essential Word 
And Spirit comprehend. 

396 The affections crucifUd. CM. 

JESUS, my life, thyself apply ; 
Thy Holy Spirit breathe : 
My vile affections crucify ; 
Conform me to thy death. 

2 Conqu'ror of hell, and earth, and sin, 
Still with the rebel strive : 

Enter my soul, and work within, 
And kill and make alive. 

3 More of thy life, and more I have, 
As the old Adam dies : 

Bury me, Saviour, in thy grave, 
That I with thee may rise. 

4 Eeign in me, Lord ; thy foes control, 
Who would not Own thy sway ; 

Diffuse thine image through my soul, 
Shine to the perfect day. 

5 Scatter the last remains of sin, 
And seal me thine abode ; 

make me glorious all within, — 
A temple built by God ! 



39 T manifested in the flesh. C. M. 

WITH glorious clouds encompass' dround, 
Whom angels dimly see, 
Will the Unsearchable be found, 
Or God appear to me ? 

2 Will he forsake his throne above,-*- 
Himself to worms impart ? 

Answer, thou Man of grief and love, 
And speak it to my heart. 

3 In manifested love explain 
Thy wonderful design ; 

What meant the suff'ring Son of Man,— 
The streaming blood divine ? 

4 Didst thou not in our flesh appear, 
And live and die below, 

That I might now perceive thee near, 
And my Eedeemer know •? — 

5 Might view the Lamb in his own light. 
Whom angels dimly see ; 

And gaze, transported at the sight, 
To all eternity ? 

3 93" ^ e wor ld has l° st *^ charms. C. M. 

LET worldly minds the world pursue ; 
It has no charms for me : 
Once I admired its trifles too, 
But grace hath set me free. 

2 Its pleasures can no longer please, 
Nor happiness afford : 

Far from my heart be joys like these, 
Now I have seen the Lord. 

3 As by the light of opening day 
The stars are all concealed, 

So earthly pleasures fade away 
When Jesus is reveal' d. 

4 Creatures no more divide my choice ; 
I bid them all depart : 

His name, his love, his gracious voice, 
Have fix'd my roving heart. 

399 ^ e wa i te th t0 be gracious. C M. 

JESUS, Eedeemer of mankind, 
Display thy saving power ; 
Thy mercy let the sinner find, 
And know his gracious hour. 

2 Who thee beneath their feet have trod, 
And crucified afresh, 

Touch with thine all- victorious blood, 
Aud turn the stone to flesh. 

3 Open their eyes thy cross to see, — 
Their ears, to hear thy cries : 

Sinner, thy Saviour weeps for thee ; 
For thee he weeps and dies, 

4 Ah the day long he meekly stands, 
His rebels to receive ; 

And shows his wounds, and spreads his 
And bids you turn and live. [hands. 

5 Turn, and your sins of deepest dye 
He will with blood efface ; 

E'en now he waits the blood to' apply ; — 
Be saved, be saved by grace. 



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300 King of kings and Lord of lords. C. M. 

'FH_hJ head that once was crown' d with 
-L Is crown' d with glory now ; [thorns, 
A royal diadem adorns 
The mighty Victor's brow. 

2 The highest place that heaven affords, 
Is to our Jesus given ; 

The King ot* kings, and Lord of lords, 
He reigns o'er earth and heaven — 

3 The joy of all who dwell above, 
The joy of all below, 

To whom he manifests his love, 
And grants his Name to know. 

4 To them the cross, with all its shame, 
With all its grace,' is given ; 

Their name — an everlasting name, 
Their joy — the joy of heaven. 

o They suffer with their Lord below, — 

They reign with him above ; 
Their everlasting joy to know 

The myst'ry of his love. 



The Godhead reconciled. 



CM. 



301 

POME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
^ One God in persons three ; 
Bring back the heavenly blessing lost 
By all mankind and me. 

2 Thy favour and thy nature too, 

To me, to all restore ; ^ 
Forgive, and after God renew, 

And keep me evermore. 

■3 Eternal Son of Bighteousness, 

Display thy beams divine, 
And cause the glories of thy face 

Upon my heart to shine. 

4 Light, in thy light, may I see, 
Thy grace and mercy prove ; 

Bevived, and cheer'd, and blest by thee, 
The God of pard'ning love. 

5 Lift up thy countenance serene. 
And let thy happy child 

Behold, without a cloud between, 
The Godhead reconciled. 

6 That all -comprising peace bestow 
On me, through grace forgiven ; 

'The joys of holiness below, 
And then the joys of heaven. 

sacrifices God is tcell pleased. C. 3VL 

FATHER, behold, with gracious eyes, 
The souls before thy throne, 
Who now present their sacrifice, 
And seek thee in thy Son. 

^ Well pleased in him thyself declare ; 

Thy pard'ning love reveal ; 
The peaceful answer of our prayer, 

On every conscience seal. 



! 3 Meanest of all thy servants, I 

Those happier spirits meet, 
And mix with theirs my feeble cry, 
And worship at thy feet. 

j 4 On me, on all, thy gifts bestow, 
! Some blessing now impart ; 
The seed of life eternal sow, 
In every waiting heart. 

5 Thy loving, powerful Spirit shed, 
Speak thou our sins forgiven, 

And hasten through the lump to spread 
The sanctifying leaven. 

6 Befresh us with a ceaseless shower 
Of graces from above, 

Till all receive the perfect power 
Of everlasting love. 

303 Recovery from sickness. C.I 



MY God, thy service well demands 
The remnant of my days ; 
Why was this fleeting breath renew'd, 

But to renew thy praise ? 
2 Thine arms of everlasting love 

Did this weak frame sustain, 
When life was hov'ring o'er the grave, 
And nature sank with pain. 

! 3 I calmly bow'd my fainting head 

Upon thy faithful 'breast, 
And waited for my Father's call 
To his eternal rest. 

4 Into thy hands, my Saviour God, 
Did I my soul resign, 

In firm dependence on that truth 
Which made salvation mine. 

5 Back from the borders of the grave, 
At thy command, I come ; 

Nor will I ask a speedier flight 
To my celestial home. 

6 Where thou appointest mine abode, 
There would I choose to be ; 

For in thy presence death is life, 
And earth is heaven with thee. 

304: * r ^ ie Lwol is my rock. C. 

r jUiOU Bock of my salvation, haste : 

Extend thine ample shade ; 
And let it over me be cast, 
To screen my naked head. 

2 Defend me in this trying hour ; 
My sure protection be ; 

My shelter from the tempest's power, 
Till I am fix'd on thee. 

3 O set upon thyself my feet, 
And make me surely stand ; 

From fierce temptation's rage and heat 
Protect me with thy hand. 

4 Now let me in the cleft be placed ; 
Nor my defence remove ; 

Within thine arms of love embraced,— 
Thine arms of endless love. 



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305 Ardent desires for the fulness of God. 0. M. 

ASK the gift of righteousness, 
The sin-subduing power ; 
Power to believe, and go in peace, 
And never grieve thee more. 

2 I ask the blood-bought pardon seal'd, 
The liberty from sin, 

The grace infused, the love reveal 1 d, 
The kingdom fix'd within. 

3 Thou hear'st me for salvation pray ; 
Thou see'st my heart's desire ; 

Made ready in thy powerful day, 
Thy fulness I require. 

4 My restless soul cries out, oppress' d, 
Impatient to be freed ; 

Nor can I, Lord, nor will- 1 rest, 
Till I am saved indeed. 

5 Thou canst, thou wilt, I dare believe, 
So arm me with thy power, 

That I to sin may never cleave, — 
May never feel it more. 

^ ee ^ ow f hese Christians love I CM. 

p i v jIjR of concord, Prince of peace, 
U" Meek, lamb-like Son of God ! 
Bid our unruly passions cease, 
By thy atoning blood. 

2 Eebuke our rage ; our passions chide ; 
Our stubborn wills control ; 

Beat down our wrath, root out our pride, 
And calm each troubled soul. 

3 Subdue in us the carnal mind ; 
Its enmity destroy ; 

With cords of love our spirits bind, 
And melt us into joy. 

4klJs into closest union draw, 

And in our inw^ard parts 
Let kindness sweetly write her law, 

And love command our hearts. 

5 Saviour, look down with pitying eyes ; 
Our jarring wills control ; 

Let cordial, kind affections rise, 
And harmonize the soul. 

6 let us find the ancient way 
Our wond'ring foes to move, 

And force the heathen world to say,— 
See how these Christians love ! 

(1 *Y * shall be satisfied when I awake in 

4 Thy likeness. C 3VI. 

JESUS, the all-restoring Word, 
My fallen spirit's hope, 
After thy lovely likeness, Lord, 
Ah ! when shall I wake up ? 

2 Thou, my God, thou only art 
The Life, the Truth, the Way ; 

Quicken my soul, instruct my heart, 
My sinking footsteps stay. 



3 Of all thou hast in earth below, 
In heaven above, to give, 

Give me thy only love to know, — 
In thee to walk and live. 

4 Fill me with all the life of love ; 
In mystic union join 

Me to thyself, and let me prove 
The fellowship divine. 

5 Open the intercourse between 
My longing soul and tiiee, 

Never to be broke off again 
To all eternity. 

Pray without ceasing. CM. 

SHEPHERD Divine, our wants relieve, 
In this our evil day ; 
To all thy tempted foll'wers give 
The power to watch and pray. 

2 Long as our fiery trials last, — 
Long as the cross we bear, — 

let our souls on thee be cast 
In never-ceasing prayer. 

3 Till thou thy perfect love impart ; 
Till thou thyself bestow, 

Be this the cry of every heart,— 
I will not let thee go ;— 

4 I will not let thee go, unless 
Thou tell thy name to me ; 

With all thy great salvation bless, 
And make me all like thee. 

5 Then let me on the mountain-top 
Behold thy open face ; 

Where faith in sight is swallow' d up, 
And prayer in endless praise. 

30«^ For victorious faith. CM. 

OFOR a faith that will not shrink, 
Though press' d by every foe, 
That will not tremble on the brink 
Of any earthly woe ; — 

2 That will not murmur or complain 
Beneath, the chast'ning rod, 

But, in the hour of grief or pain, 
Will lean upon its God ; — 

3 A faith that shines more bright and clear 
When tempests rage without ; 

That when in danger knows no fear, 
In darkness feels no doubt ; — 

4 That bears, unmov'd, the world's dread 
Nor heeds its scornful smile ; [frown, 

That seas of trouble cannot drown, 
Or Satan's arts beguile ; — 

5 A faith that keeps the narrow way 
Till life's last hour is fied, 

And with a pure and heavenly ray 
Illumes a dying bed. 

6 Lord, give us such a faith as this, 
And then, whate'er may come, 

We'll taste, e'en here, the hallow' d bliss 
Of an eternal home. 



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The vanity of mere formality. 



C M. 



310 

LONG have I seem'd to serve thee, Lord, 
With unavailing pain ; 
Fasted, and pray'd, and read thy word, 
And heard it preach' d in vain. 

2 Oft did I with the' assembly join, 

And near thy altar drew ; 
\ X form of godliness was mine, — 
The power, I never knew. 

1 1 rested in the outward law, 

Nor knew its deep design : 
The length and breadth, 1 never saw, 

And height, of love divine. 

4 To please thee, thus at length I see, 
Vainly I hoped and strove ; 

For what are outward things to thee, 
Unless they spring from love ? 

5 I see the perfect law requires 
Truth in the inward parts ; 

Our full consent, our whole desires, 
Our undivided hearts. 

6 But I of means have made m/ boast ; 
Of means an idol made : 

The spirit in the letter lost, — 
The substance, in the shade. 

7 Where am I now, or what my hope ? 
What can my weakness do ? 

Jesus, to thee my soul looks up : 
'Tis thou must make it new. 



Determined importunity. 



C. M. 



311 



BECAUSE for me the Saviour prays, 
And pleads his death for me, 
God hath vouchsafed a longer space, 
And spared the barren tree. 

2 Time to repent thou dost bestow ; 
Now, Lord, the power impart, 

And let my eyes with tears o'erflow, 
And break my stubborn heart. 

3 I now from all my sins would turn, 
To my atoning God ; 

And look on him I pierced, and mourn, 
And feel the sprinkled blood : — 

4 Would nail my passions to the cross, 
Where my Eedeemer died ; 

<ind all things else account but loss 
For Jesus crucified. 

5 Giver of penitential pain, 
Before thy cross I lie ; 

In grief determined to remain 
Till thou thy blood apply. 

6 Forgiveness on my conscience seal ; 
Bestow thy promised rest ; 

With purest love thy servant fill, 
And number with the blest. 



313 Perfect freedom. C . M. 

IF thou impart thyself to me, 
No other good 1 need : 
If thou, the Son, shalt make me free, 
I shall be free indeed. 

2 I cannot rest till in thy blood 
I full redemption have ; 

But thou, through whom I come to God, 
Canst to the utmost save. 

3 From sin, — the guilt, the power, the pain, 
Thou wilt redeem my soul : 

Lord, I believe — and not in vain ; 
My faith shall make me whole. 

4 I, too, with thee, shall walk in white ; 
With all thy saints shall prove 

The length, and depth, and breadth, and 
Of everlasting love. [height, 

313 His humiliation. CM. 

AND did the Holy and the J ust,— 
The Sov'reign of the skies, — 
Stoop down to wretchedness and dust, 
That guilty man might rise ? 

2 Yes, the Eedeemer left his throne, 
His radiant throne on hi^h — 

Surprising mercy ! love unknown ! — 
To suffer, bleed, and die. 

3 To dwell with mis'ry here below, 
The Saviour left the skies, 

And sunk to wretchedness and wo, 
That worthless man might rise. 

4 He took the dying traitor's place, 
And suffer' d in his stead ; 

For sinf ol man — wondrous grace ! 
For sinful man he bled. 

5 O Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell 
In thine atoning blood ! 

By this are sinners saved from hell, 
And rebels brought to God. 

314: The omnipotence of love. CM. 

GOD of eternal truth and grace, 
Thy faithful promise seal ; 
Thy word, thy oath, to Abrah'm's race, 
In me, Lord, fulfil. 

2 That mighty faith on me bestow, 
Which cannot ask in vain ; 

j Which holds, and will not let thee go, 
Till I my suit obtain : 

3 Till thou into my soul inspire 
The perfect love unknown ; 

j And tell my infinite desire, — 

Whate'er thou wilt, be done. 
1 4 On me the faith divine bestow, 
| Which doth the mountain move ; 
And all my spotless life shall show 

The' omnipotence of love. 



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315 ^ voice from the grave. CM. 

AKK ! from the tomb a doleful sound ; 
My ears, attend the cry : — 
Ye living men, come view the ground 
Where you must shortly lie. 

2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, 
In spite of all your towers ; 

The tall, the wise, the reverend head, 
Shall lie as low as ours. 

3 Great God ! is this our certain doom, 
And are we still secure ? 

Still walking downward to the tomb, 
And yet prepared no more ? 

4 Grant us the power of quick'ning grace, 
To fit our souls to fly ; 

Then, when we drop this dying flesh, 
We'll rise above the sky. 

310 Overwhelming grief. C. M. 

OTHOU, who in the olive shade, 
When the dark hour came on, 
Didst, with a breath of heavenly aid, 
Strengthen thy suffering Son, — 

'2 0, by the anguish of that night, 

Send us down blest relief ; 
Or, to the chasten' d, let thv might 

Hallow this whelming grief. 

3 And thou, that, when the starry sky 
Saw the dread strife begun, 

Didst teach adoring faith to cry, — 
Father, thy will be done ; — 

4 By thy meek Spirit, thou, of all 
That e'er have mourn' d the chief, 

Blest Saviour, if the stroke must fall, 
Hallow this whelming grief. 

3 1 *7 The blood applied. C. M. 

IN answer to ten thousand prayers, 
Thou pard'ning God, descend : 
Number me with salvation's heirs, — 

My sins and troubles end. 
2 Nothing I ask or want beside, 

Of all in earth or heaven : 
But let me feel thy blood applied, 
And live and die forgiven. 

318 

Believe, and be at peace. C M. 

WHY should gloomy thoughts arise, 







And darkness fill the mind ? 
Why should that bosom heave with sighs, 
And yet no refuge find ? 

2 Hast thou not heard of Gilead's balm — 
The great Physician there, 

Who can thine every fear disarm, 
And save thee from despair ? 

3 Still art thou overwhelm' d with grief, 
And fill'd with sore dismay? 

Still looking downward for relief, 
Without one cheering ray ? 



4 Lift up thy streaming eyes to heaven ; 
The great atonement see ; 

And all thy sins shall be forgiven : — 
Believe, and thou art free. 

5 For thee the Saviour suffer' d shame, 
And shed his precious blood : 

Believe, believe in Jesus' name, 
And be at peace with God. 

319 Death of children. C . M. 

THY life I read, my gracious Lord, 
With transport all divine ; 
Thine image trace in every word, 
Thy love in every line. 

2 Methinks I see a thousand charms 
Spread o'er thy lovely face, 

While infants in thy tender arms 
Eeceive the smiling grace. 

3 I take these little lambs, said he, 
And lay them in my breast ; 

Protection they shall find in me, 
In me be ever blest. 

4 Death may the bands of life unloose, 
But can't dissolve my love ; 

Millions of infant souls compose 
The family above. 

5 His words the happy parents hear, 
And shout, with joys divine,-— 

Saviour, all we have and are 
Shall be forever thine. 

3 3Q In deep affliction. CM. 

OGOD, who madest earth and sky, 
The darkness and the day, 
Give ear to this thy family, 
And help us when we pray : — 

2 For wild the waves of bitterness 
Around our vessel roar, 

And heavy grows the pilot's heart, 
To view the rocky shore. 

3 The cross our Master bore for us, 
For him we fain would bear ; 

But mortal strength to weakness turns, 
And courage to despair. 

4 Have mercy on our failings. Lord ; 
Our sinking faith renew ; 

And when thy sorrows visit us, 

send thy patience too. 

331 The leper. C.M» 

TESUS, if still thou art to-day, 
J As yesterday, the same, — 
Present to heal, — in me display 
The virtue of thy Name. 

2 Now, Lord, to whom for help I call, 
Thy miracles repeat ; 

With pitying eyes behold me fall 
A leper at thy feet. 

3 Loathsome, and vile, and self-abhorr'd, 

1 sink beneath my sin ; 

But, if thou wilt, a gracious word 
Of thine can make me clean. 



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3/^/^ Heavenly rest in anticipation. CM. 

117 HEN I can read my title clear 
" To mansions in the skies, 
I'll bid farewell to every fear, 
And wipe my weeping eyes. 

2 Should earth against my soul engage, 
And fiery darts be hurl'd, 

Then I can smile at Satan's rage, 
And face a frowning world. 

3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, 
Let storms of sorrow fall, — 

So I but safely reach my home, 
My God, my heaven, my all. 

4 There I shall bathe my weary soul 
In seas of heavenly rest, 

And not a wave of trouble roll 
Across my peaceful breast. 



38th P. M. 86, 86, 88. 

O £ O The evening sacrifice. 

THOU, Lord of life, wl ose tender care 
Hath led us on till now, 
Here, lowly, at the hour of prayer, 

Before thy throne we bow : 
We bless thy gracious hand, and pray 
Forgiveness for another day. 

2 With prayer, our humble praise we bring, 
For mercies day by day : 

Lord, teach our hearts thy love to sing ; 

Lord, teach us how to pray : 
All that we have we owe to thee, — 
Thy debtors through eternity. 

3 Ttou, blessed God, hast been our guide, 
Through life our guard and friend ; 

Set -still, throughout life's weary tide, 

Preserve us to the end : 
And when this life's sad journey's past, 
Receive us to thyself at last. 

4 In our Redeemer's name, for all 
These blessings we implore ; 

Prostrate, O Lord, before thee fall, 

And gratefully adore : 
Bend from thy throne of earth and skies, 
And bless our evening sacrifice. 



Glad tidings of great joy. 



C. M. 



324 

U7*HILE shepherds watch' d their flocks 
" ' by night, 

All seated on the ground, 
The angel of the Lord came down, 

And glory shone around. 

2 Fear not, said he, (for mighty dread 
Had seized their troubled mind,) 

Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
To you and all mankind. 



3 To you, in David's town, this day 
Is born, of David's line, 

The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; 
And this shall be the sign : 

4 The heavenly babe you there shall find 
To human view display' d, 

All meanly wrapp'd in swathing-bands, 
And in a manger laid. 

5 Thus spake the seraph ; and forthwith 
Appear' d a shining throng 

Of angels, praising God on high, 
Who thus address'd their song : 

6 All glory be to God on high, 
And to the earth be peace : 

Good- will henceforth, from heaven to men, 
Begin and never cease. 

Q g Children recalling the example of 

WHEN Jesus left his Father's throne, 
He chose an humble birth ; 
And, all unhonour'd and unknown, 
He came to dwell on earth. 

2 Like him, may we be found below 
In wisdom's path of peace ; 

Like him, in grace and knowledge grow, 
As years and strength increase. 

3 Sweet were his words, and kind his look, 
When mothers round him press' d ; 

Their infants in his arms he took, 
And on his bosom blest. 

4 Safe from tne world's alluring charms, 
Beneath his watchful eye, 

Thus, in the circle of his arms, 
May we forever lie. 

3/^6 Peace, love, and unity. C. M. 

OLORD, another day has flown, 
And we, a lowly band, 
Are met once more before thy throne, 
To bless thy fost'ring hand. 

2 Thy heavenly grace to each impart ; 
All evil far remove ; 

And shed abroad in every heart 
Thine everlasting love. 

3 Our souls, obedient to thy sway, 
In Christian bonds unite : 

Let peace and love conclude the day, 
And hail the morning light. 

4 Thus chasten'd, cleansed, entirely thine, 
A flock by Jesus led, — 

The sun of holiness shall shine 
In glory on our head. 

5 And thou wilt turn our wand' ring feet, 
And thou wilt bless our way, 

Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet 
The dawn of endless day. 



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337 Hejustifieth the ungodly. C. M 

LOVERS of pleasure more than God, 
For you he suffer' d pain ; 
For you the Saviour spilt his blood : 
And shall he bleed in vain ? 

2 Sinners, his life for you he paid ; 
Your basest crimes he bore ; 

Your sins were all on Jesus laid, 
That you might sin no more. 

3 To earth the great Redeemer came, 
That you might come to heaven ; 

Believe, believe in Jesus' name, 
And all your sin's forgiven. 

4 Believe in him who died for thee ; 
And, sure as he hath died, 

Thy debt is paid, thy soul is free, 
And thou art justified. 

3 *^ ^ Witnessing with our spirits. C. M. 

INTERNAL Spirit ! God of truth ! 
^ Our contrite hearts inspire ; 
Kindle a flame of heavenly love — 
The pure celestial fire. 

2 'Tis thine to soothe the sorrowing, 
With guilt and fear oppress'd ; 

'Tis thine to bid the dying live, 
And give the weary rest. 

3 Subdue the power of every sin, 
Whate'er that sin may be ; 

That we, in singleness of heart, 
May worship only thee. 

4 Then with our spirits witness bear, 
That we are sons of God ; 

Redeem' d from sin, and death, and hell, 
Through Christ's atoning blood. 

329 The immensity of His grace. C. M. 
WHAT shall I do my God to love ? 

*" My loving God to praise ? 
The length, and breadth, and height to 
And depth of so v 'reign grace ? [prove, 

2 Thy sov'reign grace to all extends, 
Immense and unconfined • 

From age to age it never ends ; 
It reaches all mankind. 

3 Throughout the world its breadth is 
Wide as infinity :— [known, 

So wide it never pass'd by one, 
Or it had pass'd by me. 

4 My trespass was grown up to heaven ; 
1 But, far above the skies, 

Through Christ abundantly forgiven, 
1 see thy mercies rise. 

5 The depth of all-redeeming love, 
i What angel tongue can tell ? 

may I to the utmost prove 
The gift unspeakable ! 

330 For a blessing on the truth. 0. M. 
| A GOD, by whom the seed is given, 

IN By whom the harvest blest ; 
i Whose word, like manna shower'd from 
Is planted in our breast [heaven, 



2 Preserve it from the passing feet, 
And plund'rers of the air ; 

The sultry sun's intenser heat, 
And weeds of worldly care. 

3 Though buried deep, or thinly strown,. 
Do thou thy grace supply ; 

The hope in earthly furrows sown 
Shall ripen in the sky. 

331 To God all things are possible. C. M. 

OTHAT thou wouldst the heavens rend, 
In majesty come down, — 
Stretch out thine arm omnipotent, 
And seize me for thine own. 

2 Descend, and let thy lightnings burn 
The stubble of thy foe ; 

My sins o'er turn, o'erturn, o'erturn, 
And make the mountains flow. 

3 Thou my impetuous spirit guide, 
And curb my headstrong will ; 

Thou only canst drive back the tide, 
And bid the sun stand still. 

4 What though I cannot break my cham r 
Or e'er throw off my load ; 

The things impossible to men 
Are possible to God. 

332 The garner of God. C. M. 

COME, thou omniscient Son of man, 
Display thy sifting power ; 
Come, with thy Spirit's wmn'wmg fan, 
And throughly purge thy floor. 

2 The chaff of sin, the' accursed thing, 
Far from our souls be driven ; 

The wheat into thy garner bring, 
And lay us up for heaven. 

3 Whate'er offends thy glorious eyes,, 
Far from our hearts remove ; 

As dust before the whirlwind flies, 
Disperse it by thy love. 

4 Then let us all thy fulness know, 
From every sin set free ; 

Saved to the utmost, saved below, 
And perfected in thee. 

333 Morning : Thankfulness and trust. CL M. 

GIVER and Guardian of our sleep, 
To praise thy name we wake ; 
Still, Lord, thy helpless servants keep, 
For thine own mercy's sake. 

2 The blessing of another day 
We thankfully receive : 

may we only thee obey, 
And to thy glory live. 

3 Upon us lay thy mighty hand ; 
Our words and thoughts restrain ; 

And bow our souls to thy command, 
Nor let our faith be vain. 

4 Pris'ners of hope, we wait the hour 
Which shall salvation bring : 

When all we are shall own thy power. 
And call our Jesus, King. 



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Hymns. 



334: Tne on ^y soulce in sorrow. C. M 

OTHOU who driest the mourner's tear, 
How dark this world would be, 
If, when deceived and wounded here, 
We could not fly to thee. 

2 The friends who in our sunshine live, 
When winter conies, are flown ; 

And he who has but tears to give, 
Must weep those tears alone. 

3 But Christ can heal that broken heart, 
Which, like the plants that throw 

Their fragrance from the wounded part, 

Breathes sweetness out of woe. 
•4 who could bear life's stormy doom, 

Did not His wing of love 
Come brightly wafting through the gloom, 

Our peace-branch from above. 
5 Then sorrow, touch'd by Him, grows 

With more than rapture's ray ; [bright, 
As darkness shows us worlds of light, 

We never saw by day. 

335 



The fulness of God. CM 

BEING of beings,' God of love, 
To thee our hearts we raise ; 
Thy all-sustaiDing power we prove, 
And gladly sing thy praise. 

2 Thine, wholly thine, we pant to be ; 
Our sacrifice receive : 

Made, and preserved, and saved by thee, 
To thee ourselves we give. 

3 Heavenward our every wish aspires, 
For all thy mercy's store ; 

The sole return thy love requires, 
Is that we ask for more. 

4 For more we ask ; we open then 
Our hearts to' embrace thy will ; 

Turn, and revive us, Lord, again; 
With all thy fulness fill. 

5 Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviour's love 
Shed in our hearts abroad ; 

So shall we ever live, and move, 
And be, with Christ in God. 

330 Perfect harmony and joy unspeakable. C. M. 

ALL praise to our redeeming Lord, 
Who joins us by his grace, 
And bids us, each to each restored, 
Together seek his face. 

2 He bids us build each other up ; 
And, gather' d into one, 

To our high calling's glorious hope, 
We hand in hand go on. 

3 The gift which he on one bestows, 
We all delight to prove ; 

The grace through every vessel flows, 
In purest streams of love. 

4 E'en now we think and speak the same, 
And cordially agree, — 

United all, through Jesus' name, 
In perfect harmony. 

5 We all partake the joy of one ; 
The common peace we feel ; 

A peace to sensual minds unknown, — 
A joy unspeakable. 



6 And if our fellowship below 

In Jesus be so sweet, 
What height of rapture shall we know 

When round his throne we meet ! 

337 Design of the Lord's Supper. C. M 

THAT doleful night before his death, 
The Lamb, for sinners slain, 
Did, almost with his dying breath, 
This solemn feast ordain. 

2 To keep the feast, Lord, we have met, 
And to remember thee : 

Help each poor trembler to repeat, — 
For me he died, for me ! 

3 Thy suff'rings, Lord, each sacred sign 
To our remembrance brings : 

We eat the bread, and drink the wine, 
But think on nobler things. 

4 O tune our tongues, and set in frame 
Each heart that pants for thee, 

To sing, — Hosanna to the Lamb, 
The Lamb that died for me ? 

338 The y reat day °f nis wratn - c - M - 

WO to the men on earth who dwell, 
Nor dread the' Almighty's frown, 
When God doth all his wrath reveal, 
And shower his judgments down. 

2 Sinners, expect those heaviest showers : 
To meet your God prepare ; 

For, lo ! the seventh angel pours 
His vial on the air. 

3 Lo ! from their seats the mountains 
The mountains are not found : [leap ; 

Transported far into the deep, 
And in the ocean drown' d. 

4 Who then shall live and face the throne, 
And see the Judge severe ? 

When heaven and earth are fled and gone, 
where shall I appear ? 

5 Now, only now, against that hour 
We may a place provide ; 

Beyond the grave, beyond the power 
Of hell, our spirits hide : 

6 Firm in the all-destroying shock, 
May view the final scene ; 

For, lo ! the everlasting Eock 
Is cleft to take us in. 

330 Sanctified affliction. CM 

GLOEY to thee, thou righteous God, 
Eighteous, yet kind to me ; 
For under thy paternal rod, 
Paternal love I see. 

2 Though humbled in the lowest deep, 
Thy gracious hand I bless ; 

And, thinking of thy love, I weep, 
For my unfaithfulness. 

3 Thou dost in tenderness chastise, 
Ai d graciously reprove : 

My lather ! — all within me cries, — 
Thy ways are truth and love. 



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34:0 The creation invited to praise God. L. M. 

FROM all that dwell below the skies, 
Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
Let the Redeemer's name be sung, 
Through every land, by every tongue. 

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; 
Eternal truth attends thy word : 

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
Till sun shall rise and set no more. 

3 Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring ; 
In songs of praise divinely sing ; 

The great salvation loud proclaim, 
And shout for joy the Saviour's name. 

4 In every land begin the song ; 
To every land the strains belong : 
In cheerful sounds all voices raise, 
And fill the world with loudest praise. 

34:1 The promised rest. L. M. 

GOD of all power, and truth, and grace, 
Which shall from age to age endure ; 
Whose word, when heaven and earth shall 



Eemains, and stands forever sure ; — 

2 That I thy mercy may proclaim, 
That all mankind thy truth may see, 
Hallow thy great and glorious name, 
And perfect holiness in me. 

3 Give me a new, a perfect heart, 
From doubt, and fear ? and sorrow free ; 
The mind which was m Christ impart, 
And let my spirit cleave to thee. 

4 that I now, from sin released, 
Thy word may to the utmost prove ; 
Enter into the promised rest, — 
The Canaan of thy perfect love. 

342 

Danger of final apostacy. L. M. 

AH ! Lord, with trembling I confess, 
A gracious soul may fall from grace ; 
The salt may lose its seas'ning power, 
And never, never find it more. 
2 Le3t that my fearful case should be 3 
Each moment knit my soul to thee ; 
And lead me to the mount above, 
Through the low vale of humble love. 

343 Embracing the Saviour by faith. L. M. 
TNTO thy gracious hands I fall, 
A And with the arms of faith embrace ; 
King of glory, hear my call ; 

raise me, heal me by thy grace. 
Now righteous through thy grace I am ; 
No condemnation now I dread ; 

1 taste salvation in thy name, — 
Alive in thee, my living Head. 

2 Still let thy wisdom be my guide, 
Nor take thy flight from me away ; 
Still with me let thy grace abide, 
That I from thee may never stray % 



Let thy word richly in me dwell, — 
Thy peace and love my portion be : 
My joy to' endure and do thy will, 
Till perfect 1 am found in thee. 

344 Sis everlasting arms of love. L. M 

HO W do thy mercies close me round I 
Forever be thy Name adored ; 

1 blush in all things to abound ; 
The servant is above his Lord. 

2 Inured to poverty and pain, 
A sutfring life my Master led ; 
The Son of God, the Son of man, 
He had not where to lay his head. 

3 But 16 ! a place he hath prepared 
For me, whom watchful angels keep ; 
Yea, he himself becomes my guard : 

He smooths my bed, and gives me sleep. 

4 Jesus protects ; my fears, begone : 
What can the Eock of Ages move ? 
Safe in thy arms I lay me down, — 
Thine everlasting arms of love. 

345 In the Sanctuary. L. M. 

FAE from my thoughts, vain world be- 
Let / religious Hours alone ; [gone, 
Fain would mine eyes my Saviour see ; 

1 wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 

2 warm my heart with holy fire, 
And kindle there a pure desire : 
Come, sacred Spirit, from above, 
And fill my soul with heavenly love. 

3 Blest Saviour, what delicious fare ! 
How sweet thine entertainments are ! 
Never did angels taste above 
Eedeeming grace and dying love. 

4 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine ! 
In thee thy Father's glories shine : 
Thy glorious name shall be adored, 
And every tongue confess thee Lord. 

346 Jesus, the friend of the friendless. L. M. 

GOD of my life, to thee I call ; 
Afllicted, at thy feet I fall ; 
When the great water-floods prevail, 
Leave not my trembling heart to fail. 

2 Friend of the friendless and the faint, 
Where should I lodge my deep complaint! 
Where — but with thee, whose open door 
invites the helpless and the poor ? 

3 Did ever mourner plead with thee, 
And thou refuse that mourner's plea ? 
Does not the promise still remain, 
That none shall seek thy face in vain i 

4 Poor I may be — despised, forgot, 
Yet God, my God, forgets me not ; 
And he is safe, and must succeed, 
For whom the Saviour deigns to plead. 



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347 The mercy-seat. L. M. 

FROM every stormy wind that blows, 
From every swelling tide of woes, 
There is a calm, a sure retreat ; 
'Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 

2 There is a place where Jesus sheds 
The oil of gladness on our heads ; 

A place than all besides more sweet,—' 
It is the blood-bought mercy-seat. 

3 There is a scene, where spirits blend, 
Where friend holds fellowship with friend ; 
Though sunder' d far, by faith they meet, 
Around one common mercy-seat. 

4 Ah ! whither could we flee for aid, 
When tempted, desolate, dismay'd ? 
Or how the hosts of hell defeat, 
Had sufF ring saints no mercy-seat ? 

5 There, there on eagle's wings we soar, 
And sin and sense molest no more ; 

And heaven comes down our souls to greet. 
While glory crowns the mercy-seat. 

348 Meekness and patience. L. M. 

I^HOU Lamb of God, thou Prince of peace, 
■ For thee my thirsty soul doth pine ; 
My longing heart implores thy grace ; 
O make me in thy likeness shine. 

2 With fraudless, even, humble mind, 
Thy will in all things may I see ; 

In love be eveiy wish resign'd, 

And hallow' d my whole heart to thee. 

3 When pain o'er my weak flesh prevails, 
With lamb-like patience arm my breast ; 
When grief my wounded soul assails, 

In lowly meekness may I rest. 

4 Close by thy side still may I keep, 
Howe'er life's various currents flow ; 
With steadfast eye mark every step, 
And follow where my Lord doth go. 

5 Thou, Lord, the dreadful fight hast won ; 
Alone thou hast the wine-press trod ; 

In me thy strength' ning grace be shown : 
may I conquer through thy blood. 

6 So, when on Zion thou shalt stand, 
And all heaven's host adore their King, 
Shall I be found at thy right hand, 
And, free from pain, thy glories sing. 

349 

The song of triumph. L. M. 

SOOxS may the last glad song arise, 
Through all the millions of the skies — 
That song of triumph which records 
That all the earth is now the Lord's. 

2 Let thrones, andpowers, and kingdoms, be 
Obedient, mighty God, to thee ; 

And over land, and stream, and main, 
Now wave the sceptre of thy reign. 

3 let that glorious anthem swell 
Let host to host the triumph tell, 
Till not one rebel heart remains, 
But over all the Saviour reigns. 



350 The joys of the Sabbath. L. M. 

SWEET is the work, my God, my King, 
To praise thyname,givethanks, and sing; 
To show thy love by morning light, 
And talk of all thy truth by night. 

2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; 

Xo mortal cares shall seize my breast; 
may my heart in tuue be found, 
Like David's harp of solemn sound. 

3 When grace has purified my heart, 
Then I shall share a glorious part : 
And fresh supplies of joy be shed, 
Like holy oil to cheer my head. 

4 Then shall I see, and hear, and know 
All I desired or wislrd below ; 

And every power find sweet employ 
In that eternal world of joy. 

351 Universal redemption. L. M. 

SINKERS, obey the heavenly call ; 

Your prison doors stand open wide : 
Go forth, for Christ hath ransom' d all, 
For every soul of man hath died. 

2 'Tis his the drooping soul to raise ; 
To rescue all by sin oppress'd ; 

To clothe them with the robes of praise, 
And give their weary spirits rest. 

3 To help their grov'ling unbelief 
Beauty for ashes to confer ; 

The oil of joy for abject grief; 
Triumphant joy for sad despair. 

4 To make them trees of righteousness, — ■ 
The planting of the Lord below ; 

To spread the honour of his grace 
And on to full perfection go. 

^ n hope, believing against hope. L. it 

\ WAT, my unbelieving fear ! 

Fear shall in me no more have place ; 
My Saviour doth not yet appear, — 
He hides the brightness of his face : 
But shall I therefore let him go, 
And basely to the tempter yield ? 
Xo, in the" strength of Jesus, no, 

1 never wiH give up my shield. 

2 Although the vine its fruit deny, 
Although" the olive yield no oil, 

The with'ring fig-trees droop and die. 
The fields elude the tiller's toil, — 
The empty stall no herd afford, 
And perish all the bleating race, 
Yet will I triumph in the lord, — 
The God of my salvation praise. 

3 In hope, believing against hope, 
Jesus, my Lord, my God, I claim ; 

; Jesus, my strength, shall lift me up ; 
i Salvation is in Jesus' name, 
i To me he soon shall bring it nigh • 
j My soul shall then outstrip the wmd : 
i On wings of love mount up on high, 
J And leave the world and sin behind. 



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3 O 3 ^ r ^ lt our Prophet, Priest, and King. L. M. 

TO us a child of royal birth. 
End of the promises, is given ; 
The' Invisible appears on earth, — 
The Son of man, the God of heaven. 

2 A Saviour born, in love supreme, 
He comes, our fallen souls to raise ; 
He comes, his people to redeem, 
With all his plenitude of grace. 

3 The Christ, by raptured seers foretold, 
Fill'd with the Holy Spirit's power, 
Prophet, and Priest, and King, behold ; 
And Lord of all the world adore. 

4 The Lord of hosts, the God most high, 
Who quits his throne, on earth to live, 
With joy we welcome from the sky, 
With faith into our hearts receive. 

^> P£ £ God's goodness crowns the year. L. M. 

ETEKNAL Source of every joy, 
Well may thy praise our lips employ, 
While in thy temple we appear, 
W r hose goodness crowns the circling year. 

2 The flowery spring, at thy command, 
Embalms the air, and paints the land ; 
The summer rays with vigour shine, 
To raise the corn, and cheer the vine 

3 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours 
Through all our coasts redundant stores; 
And winters, soften' d by thy care, 

No more a face of horror wear. 

4 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and 
Demand successive songs of praise; [days, 
Still be the cheerful homage paid, 

With opening light and evening shade. 

5 may our more harmonious tongue 
In worlds unknown pursue the song ; 
And in those brighter courts adore, 
Where days and years revolve no more. 



O K K Rejoicing at the table, with godly 
k9 *-9 sorrow. 



L. M. 



TO Jesus, our exalted Lord, 
The Name by heaven and earth adored, 
Fain would our hearts and voices raise 
A cheerful song of sacred praise. 

2 But all the notes which mortals know 
Are weak, and languishing, and low ; 
Far, far above our humble songs, 

The theme demands immortal tongues. 

3 Yet while around his board we meet, 
And humbly worship at his feet, 

let our warm affections move, 
In glad returns of grateful love ! 

4 Let humble, penitential woe, 
In tears of godly sorrow flow ; 
And thy forgiving smiles impart 
Life, hope, and joy to every heart. 



Rejoicing at the return of the Sabbath. L. M. 

MY opening eyes with rapture see 
The dawn of this returning day ; 
My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee, 
While thus my early vows I pay. 

2 I yield my heart to thee alone, 
Nor would receive another guest : 
Eternal King, erect thy throne, 

And reign sole monarch m my breast. 

3 bid this trifling world retire, 
And drive each carnal thought away ; 
Nor let me feel one vain desire, 

One sinful thought, through all the day, 

4 Then, to thy courts, when I repair, 
My soul shall rise on joyful wing, — 
The wonders of thy love declare, 
And join the strains which angels sing. 

35^ Love which passeth knowledge. L. M. 

OF Him who did salvation bring, 
I could forever think and sing ; 
Arise, ye needy, — he'll relieve ; 
Arise, ye guilty, — he'll forgive. 

2 Ask but his grace, and lo, 'tis given ; 
Ask, and he turns your hell to heaven : 
Though sin and sorrow wound my soul 
Jesus, thy balm will make it whole. 

3 To shame our sins he blush' d in blood ; 
He closed his eyes to show us God : 

Let all the world fall down and know, 
That none but God such love can show, 

4 'Tis thee I love, for thee alone 

I shed my tears and make my moan ; 
Where'er I am, where'er I move, 
I meet the object of my love. 

5 Insatiate to this spring I fly ; 

1 drink, and yet am ever dry : 

Ah ! who against thy charms is proof? 
Ah ! who that loves can love enough ? 

358 God, my glory and my shield. L. M. 

THE tempter to my soul hath said, — 
There is no help in God for thee : 
Lord, lift thou up thy servant's head ; 
My glory, shield, and solace be. 

2 Thus to the Lord I raised my cry ; — 
He heard me from his holy hill : 

At his command the waves roll'd by ; 
j He beckon' d, — and the winds were still. 

3 I laid me down and slept, — I woke ; 
' Thou, Lord, my spirit didst sustain ; 

Bright from the east the morning broke,— 
Thy comforts rose on me again. 

4 I will not fear, though armed throngs 
Surround my steps in all their wrath ; 
Salvation to the Lord belongs ; 

His presence guards his people's path. 



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350 r ^ ie stubborn heart. 

OFOB a glance of heavenly day, 
To take this stubborn heart away; 
And thaw, with beams of love divine, 
This heart, this frozen heart of mine. 

2 The rocks can rend; the earth can quake ; 
The seas can roar ; the mountains shake : 
Of feeling, all things show some sign, 
But this unfeeling heart of mine. 

3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt, 

Lord, an adamant would melt : 
But I can read each moving hne, 

And nothing moves this heart of mine. 

4 Thy judgments too, which devils fear — 
Amazing thought ! — unmoved I hear ; 
Goodness and wrath m vam combine 

To stir this stupid heart of mine. 

5 But power divine can do the deed : 
And, Lord, that power I greatly need : 
Thy Spirit can from dross refine, 

And melt and change this heart of mine. 

Q^»rk Safety and security in the arms of 
t)l>v Jesus. L. M. 

GOD of my life, whose gracious power 
Through varied deaths my soul hath led, 
Or turn'd aside the fatal hour, 
Or lifted up my sinking head ; — 

2 In all thy ways thy hand I own, — 
Thy ruling providence I see ; 
Assist me still my course to run, 
And still direct my paths to thee. 

3 Whither, whither should I fly, 
But to my loving Saviour's breast ! 
Secure within thine arms to lie, 
And safe beneath thy wings to rest. 

4 I have no skill the snare to shun, 
But thou, Christ, my wisdom art : 

1 ever into ruin run, 

But thou art greater than my heart. 

5 Foolish, and impotent, and blind, 
Lead me a way I have not known ; 
Bring me where I my heaven may find, — 
The heaven of loving thee alone. 

*>£*~i Put on thy beautiful garments, O 
OOJL Jerusalem. L. M. 

AWAKE, Jerusalem, awake, — 
jSo longer in thy sins lie down : 
The garment of salvation take ; 
Thy beauty and thy strength put on. 

2 Shake off the dust that binds thy sight, 
And hides the promise from thine eyes ; 
Arise, and struggle into light ; 

The great Deliv'rer calls, — Arise ! 

3 Shake off the bands of sad despair ; 
Zion, assert thy liberty ; 

Look up, thy broken heart prepare, 
And God shall set the captive free. 

4 Vessels of mercy, sons of grace, 
Be purged from every sinful stain ; 
Be like'your Lo\d, his word embrace, 
Nor bear his hallow' d name in vain. 



362 The heavenly Zion. L. M. 

; \ KM of the Lord, awake, awake ! 
; Thine own immortal strength put on ! 
I With terror clothed, hell's kingdom ^hake 
! And cast thy foes with fury down. 

2 As m the ancient days appear ! 
(The sacred annals speak thy fame ;) 
Be now omnipotently near, 

To endless ages still the same. 

3 By death and hell pursued in vain, 
To thee the ransom' d seed shall come ; 
Shouting, their heavenly Zion gain, 

And pass through death triumphant home, 

4 The pain of life shall then be o'er, 
The anguish and distracting care ; 
There sighing grief shall weep no more, 
And sin shall never enter there. 

363 Calm+in the storm. L. M. 

fILOBY to Thee, whose powerful word 
*J Bids the tempestuous winds arise ; 
Glory to thee, the sov'reign Lord 
Of air, and earth, and sea, and skies. 

2 Let air, and earth, and skies obey, 
And seas thine awful will perform : 
From them we learn to own thy sway, 
And shout to meet the gath'ring storm. 

3 What though the floods lift up their voice; 
Thou nearest, Lord, our louder cry ; 
They cannot damp thy children's joys, 
Or shake the soul when God is nigh. 

4 Headlong we cleave the yawning deep, 
And back to highest heaven are borne, 
Unmoved, though rapid whirlwinds sweep, 
And all the watery world upturn. 

5 Eoar on, ye waves ; our souls defy 
Your roaring to disturb our rest ; 

In vain to' impair the calm ye try — 
The calm in a believer's breast. 

6 Bage, while our faith the Saviour tries, 
Thou sea, the servant of his will ; 

Kise, while our God permits thee, rise, 
But fall when he shall say, — Be still. 

304: Triumphs of mercy. L. M 

\ EM of the Lord, awake, awake ! 

Put on thy strength — the nations shake. 
And let the world, "adoring, see 
Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee. 

2 Say to the heathen, from thy throne, 
I am Jehovah, — God alone : 

Thy voice their idols shall confound, 
And cast their altars to the ground. 

3 No more let creature blood be spilt — 
Vain sacrifice for human guilt ! 

But to each conscience be applied 
The blood that fiow'd from Jesus' side. 

4 Almighty God, thy grace proclaim, 
In every land, of every name ; 

Let adverse powers before thee fall, 
And crown the Saviour Lord of all. 



Hymns. 



69 



Living bread. L- M. 

THY presence, gracious God, afford ; 
Prepare us to receive thy word : 
Now let thy voice engage our ear, 
And faith be mix'd with what we hear. 

2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, 
And fix oar hearts and hopes above ; 
With food divine may we be fed, 

And satisfied with living bread. 

3 To us the sacred word apply, 
With sov'reign power and energy ; 
And may we, in thy faith and fear, 
Reduce to practice what we hear. 

4 Father, in us thy Son reveal ; # 
Teach us to know and do thy will ; 
Thy saving power and love display, 
And guide us to the realms of day. 

300 Glorious and spotless. L. M 

JESUS, from whom ail blessings flow, 
Great Builder of thy Church below ; 
If now thy Spirit move my breast, 
Hear, and fulfil thine own request. 

2 The few that truly call thee Lord, 
And wait thy sanctifying word, 

And thee their utmost Saviour own ; — 
Unite and perfect them in one. 

3 O let them all thy mind express, 
Stand forth thy chosen witnesses ; 
Thy power unto salvation show, 
And perfect holiness below. 

4 In them let all mankind behold 
How Christians lived in days of old ; 
Mighty their envious foes to move, — 
A proverb of reproach — and love. 

5 Call them into thy wondrous light, 
Worthy to walk with thee in white : 
Make up thy jewels, Lord, and show 
Thy glorious, spotless Church below. 

6 From every sinful wrinkle free, 
Kedeem'd from all iniquity, 

The fellowship of saints make known, 
And 0, my God, may I be one ! 

3 H The 9 lories °f Jehovah. L. M. 

SERVANTS of God ! in joyful lays, 
Sing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise ; 
His glorious Name let all adore, 
From age to age, forever more. 

2 Blest be that Name, supremely blest, 
From the sun's rising to its rest ; 
Above the heavens his power is known, 
Through all the earth his goodness shown. 

3 Who is like God ? so great, so high, 
He bows himself to view the sky ; 
And yet, with condescending grace, 
Looks down upon the human race. 



4 He hears the uncomplaining moan 
Of those who sit and weep alone ; 
He lifts the mourner from the dust j 
In him the poor may safely trust. 

5 then, aloud, in joyful lays, 
Sing to the Lord Jehovah's praise ; 
His saving Name let all adore, 
From age to age, forever more. 

308 U niversal diffusion of the Spirit. L. M. 

ON all the earth thy Spirit shower ; 
The earth in righteousness renew ; 
Thy kingdom come, and hell's o'erpower, 
And to thy sceptre all subdue. 

2 Like mighty winds, or torrents fierce, 
Let him opposers all o'errun ; 

And every law of sin reverse, 

That faith and love may make all one. 

3 Yea, let him, Lord, in every place 
His richest energy declare ; 

While lovely tempers, fruits of grace, 
The kingdom of thy Christ prepare. 

4 Grant this, holy God, and true ; 
The ancient seers thou didst inspire, — 
To us perform the promise due, — 
Descend, and crown us now with fire. 

300 Grate/ ul adoration. L. M. 

BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; 
Know that the Lord is God alone, 
He can create, and he destroy. 

2 His sov'reign power, without our aid, 
Made us of clay, and form'cl us men ; 
And when like wand' ring sheep we stray' d. 
He brought us to his fold again. 

3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs 
High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues. 
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 

4 Wide as the world is thy command ; 
Vast as eternity thy love ; 

Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, 
When rolling years shall cease to move. 

3 T O Self-examination. L. M* 

OTHOU great God, whose piercing eye 
Distinctly marks each deep recess ; 
In these sequester' d hours draw nigh, 
And with thy presence fill the place. . 

2 Through all the mazes of my heart, 
My search let heavenly wisdom guide ; 
And still its radiant beams impart, 
Till all be search' d and purified. 

3 Then, with the visits of thy love, 
Do thou mine inmost snirit cheer : 
Till every grace shall join to prove 
That God has fix'd his dwelling here. 



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Hymns. 



371 

The light yoke and easy burden. L. M. 

OTHAT my load of sin were gone ; 
that I could at last submit 
At Jesus' feet to lay it down — 
To lay my soul at Jesus' feet. 

2 Eest for my soul I long to find ; 
Saviour of all, if mine thou art, 
Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 
And stamp thine image on my heart. 

3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin, 
And fully set my spirit free ; 

1 cannot rest till pure within, — 
Till I am wholly lost in thee. 

4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God ; 
Thy light and easy burden prove ; 

The cross all stain' d with hallow' d blood, 
The labor of thy dying love. 

5 I would, but thou must give the power ; 
My heart from every sin release ; 

Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, 
And'fill me with thy perfect peace. 

The unspeakable gift. L. M. 

HAPPY the man who finds the grace 
The blessing of God's chosen race, 
The wisdom coming from above, 
The faith that sweetly works by love. 

2 Happy, beyond description, he 
Who knows the Saviour died for me ! 
The gift unspeakable obtains, 

And heavenly undei standing gains. 

3 Wisdom divine ! who tells the price 
Of wisdom's costly merchandise ? 
Wisdom to silver we prefer, 

And gold is dross compared to her. 

4 Her hands are fill'd with length of days, 
True riches, and immortal praise, — 
Riches of Christ on all bestow' d, 

And honour that descends from God. 

5 To purest joys she all invites, — 
Chaste, holy, spiritual delights ; 
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
And all her fiowery paths are peace. 

6 Happy the man who wisdom gains ; 
Thrice happy, who his guest retains : 
He owns, and shall forever own, 
Wisdom, and Christ, and heaven, are one. 

373 The highway of holiness. 

TESTIS, my all, to heaven is gone, — 
J He, whom I fix my hopes upon ; 
His track I see, and I'll pursue 
The narrow way, till him I view. 

2 The way the holy prophets went, — 
The road that leads from banishment,— 
The king's highway of holiness, 
I'll go, for all his paths are peace. 

3 This is the way I long have sought, 
And mourn' d because I found it not ; 
My grief a burden long has been, 
Because I was not saved from sin. 



L. M. 



4 The more I strove against its power, 

1 felt its weight and guilt the more ; 
Till late I heard my Saviour say, — 
Come hither, soul, I am the way. 

5 Lo ! glad I come ; and thou, blest Lamb, 
Shalt take me to thee, as I am : 
Nothing but sin have I to give, — 
Nothing but love shall I receive. 

6 Then will I tell to sinners round 
What a dear Saviour I have found ; 
I'll point to thy redeeming blood, 
And say, — Behold the way to God. 

O W /f There remaineth a rest for the people 

O 4 *±. of God. L. M. 

^OME, thou greater than our heart, 
^ And make thy faithful mercies known ; 
The mind which was in thee impart : 
Thy constant mind in us be shown. 

2 let us by thy cross abide, 
Thee, only thee, resolved to know, 
The Lamb for sinners crucified, 

A world to save from endless wo. 

3 Take us into thy people's rest, 

And we from our own works shall cease ; 
With thy meek Spirit arm our breast, 
And keep our minds in perfect peace. 

4 Jesus, for this we calmly wait ; 
O let our eyes behold thee near ! 
Hasten to make our heaven complete *, 
Appear, our glorious God, appear. 

3 ^ Missionary meeting. L. M. 

ASSEMBLED at thy great command, 
Before thy face, dread King, we stand : 
The voice that marshall'd every star, 
Has call'd thy people from afar. 

2 We meet through distant lands to spread 
The truth for which the martyrs bled ; 
Along the line — to either pole — 

The anthem of thy praise to roll. 

3 Our prayers assist ; accept our praise ; 
Our hopes revive ; our courage raise ; 
Our counsels aid ; — to each impart 
The single eye, the faithful heart. 

4 Forth with thy chosen heralds come ; 
Recall the wand'ring spirits home ; 
From Zion's mount send forth the sound, 
To spread the spacious earth around. 

3*76 For the lamhs °f t7ie fi ^- L - M - 
X UTHOR of faith, we seek thy face 
For all who feel thy work begun ; 
Confirm, and strengthen them in grace, 
And bring thy feeblest children on. 

2 Thou seest their wants,thou know'st their 
Be mindful of thy youngest care ; [names ; 
Be tender of the new-born lambs, 

And gently in thy bosom bear. 

3 In safety lead thy little fiock,— 
From hell, the world, and sin, secure ; 
And set their feet upon the rock, 
And make in thee their goings sure. 



Hymns. 



71 



Comfort in the promises. L. M. 

OGOD ! to thee we raise our eyes ; 
Calm resignation we implore ; 
let no murmuring thought arise, 
But humbly let us still adore. 

2 With meek submission may we bear 
Each needful cross thou shalt ordain ; 
Nor think our trials too severe, 

Nor dare thy justice to arraign. 

3 For though mysterious now thy ways 
To erring mortals may appear, 
Hereafter we thy Name shall praise, 
For all our keenest suff'rings here. 

4 Thy needful help, O God, afford, 
Nor let us sink in deep despair ; 
Aid us to trust thy sacred word, 
And find our sweetest comfort there. 

3 T S '^ ie rea ^ eme d in heaven. L. M. 

LO ! round the throne, a glorious band, 
The saints in countless myriads stand ; 
Of every tongue redeem' d to God, 
Array'd in garments wash'd in blood. 

2 Through tribulation great they came ; 
They bore the cross, despised the shame ; 
But now from all their labours rest, 

In God's eternal glory blest. 

3 They see the Saviour face to face ; 
They sing the triumph of his grace ; 
And day and night, with ceaseless praise, 
To him their loud hosannas raise. 

4 0, may we tread the sacred road 
That holy saints and martyrs trod ; 
Wage to the end the glorious strife, 
And win, like them, a crown of life. 



Gentiles. 



s of the 



L. M. 



TIE AD of the Church, whose Spirit fills 
•"•^And flows through every faithful souL 
Unites in mystic love, and seals 
Them one, and sanctifies the whole : — 

2 Come, Lord, — thy glorious Spirit cries, 
And souls beneath the altar groan ; 
Come, Lord, — the Bride on earth replies, 
And perfect all our souls in one. 

3 Pour out the promised gift on all ; 
Answer the universal — Come ! 

The fulness of the gentiles call, 
And take thine ancient people home. 

4 To thee let all the nations flow ; 
Let all obey the Gospel word ; 

Let all their bleeding Saviour know, 
Fill'd with the glory of the Lord. 

5 0, for thy truth and mercy's sake, 
The purchase of thy passion claim ; 
Thine heritage, the Gentiles, take, 
And cause the world to know thy name. 



3 S O MvtwVH! : Lord is my portion. L. M 

OGOD, my God, my all thou art : 
Ere shines the dawn of rising day, 
Thy sov'reign light within my heart, 
Thy all-enhv'ning power, display. 

2 For thee my thirsty soul doth pant, 
W hile in this desert land I live ; 
And, hungry as I am, and faint, 
Thy love alone can comfort give. 

8 In that dry land, behold, I place 
My whole desire on thee, Lord ; 
And more I joy to gain thy grace, 
Than all earth's treasures can afford. 

4 More dear than life itself, thy love 
My heart and tongue shall still employ ; 
And to declare thy praise will prove 
My peace, my glory, and my joy. 

5 In blessing thee with grateful songs, 
My happy life shall glide away ; 

The praise that to thy Name belongs, 
Hourly, with lifted hands, I'll pay. 

3 § 1 More Messed to give than to receive. L. M. 

HELP us, Lord, thy yoke to wear, 
Delighting in thy perfect will ; 
Each other's burdens learn to bear, 
And thus thy law of love fulfil. 

2 He that hath pity on the poor, 
Lendeth his substance to the Lord ; 
And, lo ! his recompense is sure, 
For more than all shall be restored. 

3 Teach us, with glad, ungrudging heart, 
As thou hast blest our various store, 
From our abundance to impart 

A lib'ral portion to the poor. 

4 To thee our all devoted be, 

In whom we breathe, and move, and live ; 
Freely we have received from thee ; 
Freely may we rejoice to give. 

5 And while we thus obey our word, 
And every call of want relieve, 

O ! may we find it, gracious Lord ! 
More blest to give than to receive. 

382 Seeking a tabernacle. L. M 

WHEN to the exiled seer were given 
Those rapt' rous views of highest heaven. 
All glorious though the visions were, 
Yet he beheld no temple there. 

2 The new Jerusalem on high 
Hath one pervading sanctity ; 

No sin to mourn, no grief to mar, — 
God and the Lamb its temples are. 

3 But we, frail sojourners below, 
The pilgrim-heirs of guilt and wo, 
Must seek a tabernacle where 

Our scatter' d souls may Vend in prayer. 

4 Thou ! who o'er the cksrubim 
Didst shine in glories veil'd and dim, 
With purer light our temple cheer, 
And dwell in unveil' d glory here. 



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Hymns. 



I 



383 Thirsting for the fulness of love. L. M. 

THIRST, tliou wounded Lamb of God, 
To wash me in thy cleansing blood ; 
To dwell witbin thy wounds ; then pain 
Is sweet, and lite or death is gain. 

2 Take my poor heart, and let it be 
Forever closed to all but thee ; 

Seal thou my breast, and let me wear 
That pledge of love forever there. 

3 How blest are they who still abide 
Close shelter d in thy bleeding side ! 
Who thence their life and strength derive, 
And by thee move, and in thee live. 

4 What are our works but sin and death, 
Till thou thy quick' ning Spirit breathe ? 
Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move ; 
wondrous grace ! boundless love ! 

5 How can it be, thou heavenly King, 
That thou shouldst us to glory bring ; 
Make slaves the partners of thy throne, 
Deck'd with a never-fading crown ? 

6 Hence our hearts melt, our eyes o'erflow, 
Our words are lost, nor will we know, 
Nor will we think of aught beside, — 

My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 

O O A The glorious goodness of the triune 
004 Jehovah. L. M. 

COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Whom one all-perfect God we own, 
Restorer of thine image lost, 
Thy various offices make known. 

2 Jehovah in three persons, come, 
And draw, and sprinkle us, and seal, 
Poor, guilty, dying worms, in whom 
Thou wilt eternal life reveal. 

3 Our fallen, ruin'd souls, to raise, 
The knowledge of thyself bestow ; 
Reveal the riches of thy grace, 
And all thy glorious goodness show. 



386 

No peace but in the favour of God. L. M. 

WHERE is now that glowing love 
That mark'd our union with the Lord? 
Our hearts were fix'd on things above, 
Nor could the world a joy atford. 

2 Where is the zeal that led us then 
To make our Saviour's glory known ? 
That freed us from the fear of men, 
And kept our eye on him alone ? 

3 Where are the happy seasons, spent 
j In fellowship with him we loved ? 

I The sacred joy, the sweet content, 

; The blessedness that then we proved ? 

I 4 Behold, again we turn to thee ; 

j cast us not away, though vile : 
No peace we have, no joy we see, 
O Lord our God, but in thy smile. 



The angels of the Churches. 



1) 



385 

,R AW near, Son of God, draw near; 
Us with thy flaming eye behold ; 
Still in thy Church do thou appear, 
And let our candlestick be gold. 

2 Still hold the stars in thy right hand, 
And let them in thy lustre glow, — 
The lights of a benighted land, 

The angels of thy Church below. 

3 Make good their apostolic boast ; 
Their high commission let them prove ; 
Be temples of the Holy Ghost, 

And filPd with faith, and hope, and love. 

4 Give them an ear to hear thy word ; 
Thou speakest to the churches now : 
And let all tongues confess their Lord,— 
Let every knee to Jesus bow. 



The all-sufficient portion. 



387 

OLOVE, thy sov'reign aid impart, 
And guard the gift thyself hast given ; 
My portion, thou, my treasure art, 
My life, and happiness, and heaven. 

2 Would ught on earth my wishes share ? 
Though dear as life the idol be, 

The idol from my breast I'll tear, 
Resolved to seek my all in thee. 

3 Whate'er I fondly counted mine, 
To thee, my Lord, I here restore ; 
Gladly I all to thee resign ; 

Give me thyself, I ask no more. 

388 Prepare ye the icay of the Lord. L. M. 

COMFORT, ye ministers of grace, 
Comfort the people of your Lord ; 
lift ye up the fallen race, 
And cheer them by the Gospel word. 

2 Go into every nation, go ; 

Speak to their trembling hearts, and cry, — 
Glad tidings unto all we show : 
Jerusalem, thy God is nigh. 

3 Hark ! in the wilderness a cry, 

A voice that loudly calls, — Prepare ; 
Prepare your hearts, for God is nigh, 
And waits to make his entrance there. 

4 The Lord your God shall quickly come*, 
Sinners, repent, the call obey : 

Open your hearts to make him room ; 
Ye desert souls, prepare the way. 

5 The Lord shall clear his way through all ; 
Whate'er obstructs, obstructs in vain ; 
The vale shall rise, the mountain fall, 
Crooked be straight, and rugged plain. 

6 The glory of the Lord display' d, 
Shall all mankind together view ; 

And what his mouth in truth hath said, 
His own almighty hand shall do. 



Hymns. 



73 



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389 The panoply of truth. L. M. 

BEHOLD the Christian warrior stand 
In all the armour of his God ; 
The Spirit's sword is in his hand, 
His feet are with the Gospel shod: — 

2 In panoply of truth complete, 
Salvation's helmet on his head ; 
With righteousness a breast-plate meet, 
4nd faith's broad shield before him spread ; 

-» Undaunted to the -field he goes ; 
Zet vain were skill and valour there, 
Onless, to foil his legion foes, 
He takes the trustiest weapon, prayer. 

4 Thus, strong in his Eedeemer's strength, 
Sin, death, and hell, he tramples down : 
Fights the good fight, and wins at length, 
Through mercy, an immortal crown. 

390 

Joy of public worship. L. M. 

GREAT GOD, attend, while Zion sings 
The joy that from thy presence springs ; 
To spend one day with thee on earth 
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place 
Within thy house, God of grace, 
Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, 
Shall tempt my feet to leave thy door. 

3 God is our sun, he makes our day ; 
God is our shield, he guards our way 
From all assaults of hell and sin, 
From foes without and foes within. 

4 All needful grace will God bestow, 
And crown that grace with glory too ; 
He gives us all things, and withholds 
No real good from upright souls. 

5 God our King, whose sov'reign sway 
The glorious hosts of heaven obey, 

And devils at thy presence flee, 
Blest is the man that trusts in thee. 

391 Infinite indebtedness. L. M. 

GREAT God, let all our tuneful powers 
Awake, and sing thy mighty Name : 
Thy hand revolves the circling hours — 
Thy hand, from whence our being came. 

2 Seasons and moons, still rolling round 
In beauteous order, speak thy praise ; 
And years, with smiling mercy crown'd, 
To thee successive honours raise. 

3 Our life, and health, and friends, we owe 
All to thy vast, unbounded love ; 

Ten thousand precious gifts below, 
And hope of nobler joys above. 

4 Thus may we sing till nature cease, — 
Till sense and language are no more ; 
And, after death, thy boundless grace 
Through everlasting years adore. 



392 

The tokens of His grace. L« M, 

AND will the great eternal God 
On earth establish his abode ? 
And will he, from his radiant throne, 
Accept our temples for his own ? 

2 These walls we to thy honour raise : 
Long may they echo with thy praise ; 
And thou, descending, fill the place 
With choicest tokens of thy grace. 

3 Here let the great Redeemer reign, 
With all the graces of his train ; 
While power divine his word attends, 
To conquer foes, and cheer his friends. 

4 And in the great decisive day, 
When God the nations shall survey, 
May it before the world appear 
That crowds were born to glory here. 

QQQ Fulness and svfficiency of the Atone- 
Oc/O merit. L. M, 

JESUS, thy blood and righteousness 
My beauty are, my glorious dress : 
'Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd, 
With joy shall I lift up my head. 

2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day, 
For who aught to my charge shall lay ? 
Fully absolved through these I am, — 
From sin and fear, from guilt and shame, 

3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, 
Who from the Father's bosom came, — 
Who died for me, e'en me to' atone, — 
Now for my Lord and God I own. 

4 Lord, I believe thy precious blood, — 
Which, at the mercy-seat of God, 
Forever doth for sinners plead, — 

For me, e'en for my soul, was shed. 

5 Lord, I believe were sinners more 
Than sands upon the ocean shore, 
Thou hast for all a ransom paid, 
For all a full atonement made. 

304 Wisdom, majesty, goodness. L. M 

FATHER of all, whose powerful voice 
Call'd forth this universal frame 1 
Whose mercies over all rejoice, 
Through endless ages still the same : 
Thou by thy word upholdest all ; 
Thy bounteous love to all is show'd ; 
Thou hear'st thy every creature's call, 
And fillest every mouth with good. 

2 In heaven though reign' st enthroned irj 
light, 

Nature's expanse before thee spread ; 
Earth, air, and sea, before thy sight, 
And hell's deep gloom, are open laid : 
Wisdom, and might, and love, are thine ; 
Prostrate before thy face we fall, 
Confess thine attributes divine, 
And hail thee sov'reign Lord of all. 



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Hymns. 



395 Condemned, but pleading the promises. L. M. 

QHOW pity, Lord, Lord, forgive ; 
- J Let a repenting rebel live. 
Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
May not a sinner trust in thee ? 

2 My crimes are great, but don't surpass 
The power and glory of thy grace ; 
Great God, thy nature hath no bound, — 
So let thy pard'ning love be found. 

3 O wash my soul from every sin, 
And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
Here on my heart the burden lies, 
And past offences pain my eyes. 

4 My lips with shame my sins confess, 
Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
Lord, should thy judgments grow severe, 
I am condemn' d, biuvthou art clear. 

5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, 
I must pronounce thee just, in death ; 
And if my soul were sent to hell, 

Thy righteous law approves it well. 

6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
Whose hope, still hov'ring round thy word, 
Wouldlight onsome sweetpromisethere, — 
Some sure support against despair. 

396 For sustaining grace. L. M. 

MY hope, my all, my Saviour thou ; 
^ To thee, lo, now my soul I bow ; 
I feel the bliss thy wounds impart, — 

1 find thee, Saviour, in my heart. 

2 Be thou my strength, — be thou my way ; 
Protect me through my life's short day: 
In all my acts may wisdom guide, 

And keep me, Saviour, near thy side. 

3 In fierce temptation's darkest hour, 
Save me from sin and Satan's power ; 
Tear every idol from thy throne, 
And reign, my Saviour, reign alone. 

4 My sufF ring time shall soon be o'er ; 
Then shall I sigh and weep no more ; 
My ransom' d soul shall soar away, 

To sing thy praise in endless day. 

397 All things are now ready. L. M. 

SINNERS, obey the gospel word ; 
Haste to the supper of my Lord : 
Be wise to know your gracious day ; 
Ail things are ready, — Come away. 

2 Ready the Father is to own, 
And kiss his late-returning son ; 
Ready your loving Saviour stands, 
And spreads for you his bleeding hands. 

8 Ready the Spirit of his love, 
Just now the stony to remove ; 
To' apply and witness with the blood, 
And wash and seal the sons of God. 

4 Ready for you the angels wait, 
To triumph in your blest estate ; 



Tuning their harps, they long to praise 
The wonders of redeeming grace. 
5 The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Are ready, with their shining host : 
All heaven is ready to resound, — 
The dead's alive ? the lost is found ! 



598 



Self- dedication to the Lord. 



f \ LORD, thy heavenly grace impart, 
J " And fix my frail, inconstant heart ; 
j Henceforth my chief desire shall be 
| To dedicate myself to thee. 

j 2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ, 
i One thought shall fill my soul with joy : 

1 That silent, secret thought shall be, 
That all my thoughts are fix'd on thee. 

j 3 Thy glorious eye pervadeth space : 
j Thy presence, Lord, fills every place ; 
' And wheresoe'er my lot may be, 
! Still shall my spirit rest with thee. 
4 Renouncing every worldly thing, 
And safe beneath thy spreading wing, 
My sweetest thought henceforth shall be, 
That all I want I find in thee. 

300 Inconstancy lamented. L. M, 

VTTHEN, my Saviour, shall it be, 

" That I no more shall break with thee ? 

When will this war of passion cease, 

And I enjoy a lasting peace ? 

2 Now I repent ; now sin again : 
Now I revive ; and now am slain : 
Slain with the same malignant dart, 
Which, ! too often wounds thy heart. 

3 When, gracious Lord, when shall it be, 
That I shall find my all in thee, — 

The fulness of thy promise prove, 
And feast on thine eternal love ? 



The atonement completed. 



L.M. 



400 

?rpiS finish' d ! the Messiah dies, — 

Cut off for sins, but not his own ; 
Accomplish' d is the sacrifice, — 
The great redeeming work is done. 

2 'Tis finish' d ! all the debt is paid; 
Justice divine is satisfied ; 

The grand and full atonement made ; 
Christ for a guilty world hath died. 

3 The veil is rent ; in him alone 
The living way to heaven is seen ; 
The middle wall is broken down, 
And all mankind may enter in. 

4 The types and figures are fulfill'd ; 
Exacted is the legal pain ; 

The precious promises are seal'd ; 
The spotless Lamb of God is slain. 

5 Death, hell, and sin, are now subdued ; 
All grace is now to sinners given ; 

And, lo ! I plead the' atoning blood, 
And in thy right I claim my heaven. 



Hymns. 



75 



Living to serve ihe cause of Christ. L. M. 

MY gracious Lord, I own thy right 
To every service I can nay, 
And call it my supreme delight 
To hear thy dictates, and obey. 

2 What is my being but for thee,— 
Its sure support, its noblest end ? 
'Tis my delight thy face to see, 

And serve the cause of such a Friend. 

3 I would not sigh for worldly joy, 
Or to increase my worldly good ; 
Nor future days nor powers employ 
To spread a sounding name abroad. 

4 'Tis to my Saviour I would live, — 
To him who for my ransom disd ; 
Nor could all worldly honour give 
Such bliss as crowns me at his side. 

5 His work my hoary age shall bless 
When youthful vigour is no more ; 
And my last hour of life confess 
His saving love, his glorious power. 

402 He giveth ths increase. L. M. 

HIGH on his everlasting throne, 
The King of saints his work surveys ; 
Marks the dear souls he calls his own, 
And smiles on the peculiar race. 

2 He rests well pleased their toils to see ; 
Beneath his easy yoke they move ; 
With all their heart and strength agree 
In the sweet labour of his love. 

3 See where the servants of the Lord, 
A busy multitude, appear : 

For Jesus day and night employed, 
His heritage they toil to clear. 

4 The love of Christ their heart constrains, 
And strengthens their unwearied hands ; 
They spend their sweat, and blood, and 
To cultivate Immanuel's lands. [pains, 

5 Jesus their toil delighted sees, 
Their industry vouchsafes to crown : 
He kindly gives the wish'd increase, 
And sends the promised blessing down. 

403 Hosanna to the Son of David. L. M. 

"WHAT are those soul-reviving strains, 
™" Which echo thus from Salem's plains ? 
What anthems loud, and louder still, 
So sweetly sound from Zion's hill ? 

2 Lo ! 'tis an infant chorus sings 
Hosanna to the King of kings : 
The Saviour comes ! — and babes proclaim 
Salvation, sent in Jesus' name. 

3^ Nor these alone their voice shall raise, 
For we will join this song of praise ; 
Still Israel's children forward press, 
To hail the Lord their Eighteousness. 

4 Messiah's name shall joy impart 
Alike to Jew and Gentile heart ; 



He bled for us, he bled for you, 

And we will sing hosannas too. 

5 Proclaim hosannas, loud and clear, 

See David's Son and Lord appear ! 

All praise on earth to him be given, 

And glory shout through highest heaven 

404 ^e sceptre of his love. L. M. 

JESUS, whose "glory's streaming rays, 
Though duteous to thy high command. 
Not seraphs view with open face, 
But veil'd before thy presence stand : — 

2 How shall weak eyes of flesh, weighe 

down 

With sin, and dim with error's night, 
Dare to behold thy awful throne, 
Or view thy unapproached light ? 

3 Thy golden sceptre from above 
Reach forth ; lo ! my whole heart I bow ; 
Say to my soul, — Thou art my love, — 
My chosen 'midst ten thousand, thou. 

4 Jesus, full of grace ! the sighs 
Of a sick heart with pity view ; 

Hark, how my silence speaks, and cries, — 
Mercy, thou God of mercy, show ! 



405 



Omnipotence and grace. 



THE earth, with all her fulness, owns 
Jehovah for her sov'reign Lord ; 
The countless myriads of her sons 
Rose into being at his word. 

2 His word did out of nothing call 
The world, and founded all that is ; 
Launch'd on the floods this solid ball, 
And fix'd it in the floating seas. 

3 But who shall quit this low abode — 
Who shall ascend the heavenly place, 
And stand upon the mount of God, 
And see his Maker face to face ? 

4 The man whose hands and heart are clean 
That blessed portion shall receive ; 

He who by grace is saved from sin, 
Shall with his God in glory live : 

5 He shall obtain the starry crown , 
And, number' d with the saints above 
The God of his salvation own, 

The God of his salvation love. 

r40C> ^ esus everywhere present. L 9& 

JESUS, where'er thy people meet, 
There they behold thy mercy-seat , 
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found, 
And every place is hallow' d ground. 

2 For thou, within no walls confined, 
Dost dwell with those of humble mind ; 
Such ever bring thee where they come, 
And, going, take thee to their home. 

3 Great Shepherd of thy chosen few 
Thy former mercies here renew ; 
Here, to our waiting hearts, proclaim 
The sweetness of thy saving name. 



76 



Hymns. 



Became He Hveth I shall live als«. L. 5 

1KN0W that my Eedeemer lives — 
What joy the blest assurance gives ! 
He lives, he lives, who once was dead ; 
He lives, my everlasting Head ! 

2 He lives, to bless me with his love 
He lives, to plead for me above ; 
He lives, my hungry soul to feed 
He lives, to help in time of need. 

3 He lives, and grants me daily breath ; 
He lives, and I shall conquer death ; 
He lives, my mansion to prepare ; 

He lives, to bring me safely there. 

4 He lives, all glory to his Name ; 
He lives, my Saviour, still the same ; 
What joy the blest assurance gives, — 
I know that my Eedeemer lives. 



Renouncing all for Christ. 



408 

COME, Saviour, Jesus, from above, 
Assist me with thy heavenly grace 
Empty my heart of earthly love, 
And for thyself prepare the place. 

2 let thy sacred presence fill, 
And set my longing spirit free ; 
Which pants to have no other will, 
But night and day to feast on thee. 

B While in this region here below, 
No other good will I pursue : 
I'll bid this world of noise and show, 
With all its glitt'ring snares, adieu. 

4 That path with humble speed I'll seek 
In which my Saviour's footsteps shine • 
Nor will I hear, nor will I speak, 

Of any other love but thine. 

5 Henceforth may no profane delight 
Divide this consecrated soul ; 
Possess it thou, who hast the right, 
As Lord and Master of the whole, 

6 Nothing on earth do I desire, 

But thy pure love within my breast ; 
This, only this, will I require, 
And freely give up all the rest 



The well of living water. 



409 

JESUS, the gift divine I know, 
The gift divine I ask of thee ; 
The living water now bestow, 
Thy Spirit and thyself, on me. 

2 Eor thou of life the fountain art, 
None else can give or take away ; 
may I find it in my heart, 

And with me may it ever stay. 

3 Thus may I drink, — and thirst no more 
For drops of finite happiness ; 

Spring up, well, in heavenly power, 
In streams of pure perennial peace. 



410 

Heavenly zeal. L. M 

OKING of glory, thy rich grace 
Our feeble thought surpasses far, 
Yea, e'en our crimes, though numberless, 
Less num'rous than thy mercies are. 

2 Still, Lord, thy saving health display, 
And arm our souls with heavenly zeal ; 
So, fearless, shall we urge our way 
Through all the powers of earth and hell. 

4b 1 X Waiting for the promise. L. M, 

JESUS, full of truth and grace ! 
O all-atoning Lamb of God ! 
I wait to see thy glorious face ; 

1 seek redemption in thy blood. 

2 Thou art the anchor of my hope ; 
The faithful promise I receive : 
Surely thy death shall raise me up, 
For thou hast died that I might live 

3 Satan, with all his arts, no more 
Me from the Gospel hope can move ; 

1 shall receive the gracious power, 
And find the pearl of perfect love. 

4 My flesh, which cries, — It cannot be, 
Shall silence keep before the Lord ; 
And earth, and hell, and sin shall flee 
At Jesus' everlasting word. 

4 i ^ God's praises crown eternity L. M. 

GOD of my life, through all my days 
My grateful powers shall sound thy 
praise ; 

My song shall wake with opening light 
And cheer the dark and silent night. 

2 When anxious cares would break my rest, 
And griefs would tear my throbbing breast, 
Thy tuneful praises, raised on high, 
Shall check the murmur and the sigh. 

3 When death o'er nature shall prevail, 
And all the powers of language fail, 

Joy through myswimming eyes^hall break^ 
And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 

4 But 0, when that last conflict's o'er, 
And I am chain' d to earth no more, 
With what glad accents shall I rise 
To join the music of the skies ! 

5 Soon shall I learn the' exalted strains 
Which echo through the heavenly plains : 
And emulate, with joy unknown, 

The glowing seraphs round the throne. 

6 The cheerful tribute will I give, 
Long as a deathless soul shalllive : 
A work so sweet, a theme so high, 
Demands and crowns eternity. 



Hymns. 



77 



413 



Universal adoration. 







HOLY, holy, holy Lord ! 
Thou God of hosts, by all adored ! 
The earth and heavens are full of thee, 
Thy light, thy power, thy majesty. 

2 Loud hallelujahs to thy Name, 
Angels and seraphim proclaim ; 

By all the powers and thrones in heaven, 
Eternal praise to thee is given. 

3 Apostles join the glorious throng, 
And swell the loud triumphant song ; 
Prophets and martyrs hear the sound, 
And spread the hallelujah round. 

4 Glory to thee, God most high ! 
Father, we praise thy majesty ; 
The Son, the Spirit, we adore ; 
One Godhead, blest for evermore. 

J_ 4- The plenitude of his grace and power. L. M. 

SPIKIT of the living God, 
In all thy plenitude of grace, 
Where'er the foot of man hath trod, 
Descend on our apostate race. 

2 Give tongues of fire, and hearts of love, 
To preach the reconciling word ; 

Give power and unction from above, 
Where'er the joyful sound is heard. 

3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light ; 
Confusion — order, in thy path ; 

Souls without strength, inspire with might ; 
Bid mercy triumph over wrath. 

4 Baptize the nations ; far and nigh 
The triumphs of the cross record ; 
The name of Jesus glorify, 

Till every kindred call him Lord. 



; 6 Faith lends its realizing light ; 
The clouds disperse, the shadows fly ; 
The' Invisible appears in sight, 
And God is seen by mortal eye. 



416 



The latter-day ylory. 







The realizing light of faith. 



L. M. 



415 

AUTHOR of faith, eternal Word, 
Whose Spirit breathes the active name ; 
Faith, like its finisher and Lord, 
To-day, as yesterday, the same : — 

2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, 
And ask the gift unspeakable ; 
Increase in us the kindred fire, 

In us the work of faith fulfil. 

3 By fait^i we know thee strong to save ; 
^Save us, a present Saviour thou :) 
\Vhate'er we hope, by faith we have ; 
Future, and past, subsisting now. 

4 To him that in thy Name believes, 
Eternal life with thee is given ; 
Into himself he all receives, — 
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 

5 The things unknown to feeble sense, 
Unseen by reason's glimm'ring ray, 
With strong commanding evidence, 
Their heavenly origin display. 



BEHOLD, the heathen waits to know 
The joy the Gospel will bestow; 
The exiled captive to receive 
The freedom Jesus has to give. 

2 Come, let us, with a grateful heart, 
In this blest labour share a part ; 

| Our prayers and ofFrings gladly bring 
To aid the triumphs of our King. 

3 Our hearts exult in songs of praise, 
That we have seen these latter days, 
When our Redeemer shall be known, 
Where Satan long hath held his throne. 

4 Where'er his hand hath spread the skies. 
Sweet incense to his Name shall rise ; 
And slave and freeman, Greek and Jew, 
By sov'reign grace be form'd anew. 

4t 1 T Commencing the labours of the day. L. M. 

FORTH in thy name, Lord, I go, 
My daily labours to pursue ; 
Thee, onlv thee, resolved to know, 
In all I think, or speak, or do. 

2 Thee will I set at my right hand, 
Whose eyes mine inmost substance see $ 
And labour on at thy command, 

And offer all my works to thee. 

3 Give me to bear thy easy yoke, 
And every moment watch and pray ; 
And still to things eternal look, 
And hasten to thy glorious day : — 

4 For thee delightfully employ 
Whate'er thy bounteous grace has given 
And run my course with even joy, 
And closely walk with thee to heaven. 

418 

The heavenly Guest invited. L. M. 

SAVIOUR of all, to thee we bow, 
^ And own thee faithful to thy word ; 
We hear thy voice, and open now 
Our hearts to entertain our Lord. 

2 Come in, come in, thou heavenly Guest, 
Delight in what thyself hast given ; 

On tny own gifts and graces feast, 

And make the contrite heart thy heaven. 

3 Smell the sweet odour of our prayers ; 
Our sacrifice of praise approve ; 

And treasure up our gracious tears, 
Who rest in thy redeeming love. 

4 Beneath thy shadow let us sit ; 

Call us thy friends, and love, and bride ] 
And bid us freely eat and drink 
Thy dainties, and be satisfied. 



78 



Hymns. 



419 The time to favour Zion. L. M. 

SOV'EEIGN of worlds ! display thy 
power ; 

Be this thy Zion's favour' d hour ; 
Bid the bright morning star arise, 
And point the nations to the skies. 

2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns, 
On Afric's shore, on India's plains, 

On lonely isles and lands unknown, 
And make the nations all thine own. 

3 Speak ! and theworld shall hear thy voice; 
Speak ! and the desert shall rejoice ; 
Scatter the gloom of heathen night, 

And bid all nations hail the light. 

430 Patient thankfulness and trust. L. M. 

INTERNAL beam of Light divine, 
Fountain of unexhausted love ; 
In whom the Father's glories shine, 
Through earth beneath, and heaven 
above ; — 

2 Jesus, the weary wand'rer's rest, 
Give me thy easy yoke to bear ; 

With steadfast patience arm my breast, 
With spotless love and lowly fear. 

3 Thankful I take the cup from thee, 
Prepared and mingled by thy skill : 
Though bitter to the taste it be, 
Powerful the wounded soul to heal. 

4 Be thou, Eock of ages, nigh ! 

So shall each murm'ring thought be gone, 
And grief, and fear, and care shall fly, 
As clouds before the mid-day sun. 

5 Speak to my warring passions, — Peace ; 
Say to my trembling heart, — Be still ; 
Thy power my strength and fortress is, 
For all things serve thy sov'reign will. 

6 death ! where is thy sting ? Where now 
Thy boasted victory, grave ? 

Who shall contend with God ? or who 
Can hurt whom God delights to save ? 

43 X Rejoicing in forgiving love. L. M. 

M Y soul, with humble fervour raise 
™± To God the voice of grateful praise, 
And all my ransom' d powers combine, 
To bless his attributes divine. 
I .Deep on my heart let mem'ry trace 
His acts of mercy and of grace ; 
Who, with a Father's tender care, 
.Saved me when sinking in despair ; 
3^ Gave my repentant soul to prove 
The joy of his forgiving love ; 
Pour'd balm into my bleeding breast, 
And led my weary feet to rest. 

433 Sabbath evening Thy kingdom come. L. M. 

MILLIONS within thy courts have met, 
Millions this day before thee bow'd ; 
Their faces Zionward were set, — 
Vows with, their lips to thee they vow'd. 



2 But thou, soul-searching God ! hast 

known 

The hearts of all that bent the knee ; 
And hast accepted those alone, 
Who in the spirit worshipp'd thee. 

3 People of many a tribe and tongue, 
Of various languages and lands, 
Have heard thy truth, thy glory sung. 
And offer' d prayer with fioly hands. 

4 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh, 
Hath fail'd this day some suit to gain ; 
To those in trouble thou wert nigh ; 
Not one hath sought thy face in vain. 

5 Thy poor were bountifully fed, — 
Thy chasten'd sons have kiss'd the rod , 
Thy mourners have been comforted, — 
The pure in heart have seen their God. 

6 Yet one prayer more ; — and be it one, 
In which both heaven and earth accord ;^ 
Fulfil thy promise to thy Son : 

Let all that breathe call Jesus ?*ord ! 

£ g g Only oy faith. L. M. 

LORD, I despair myself to heal ; 
I see my sin, but cannot feel ; 

1 cannot, till thy Spirit blow, 
And bid the obedient waters flow. 

2 'Tis thine a heart of flesh to give :, 
Thy gifts I only can receive : 

Here, then, to thee I all resign ; 

To draw, redeem, and seal, — are thine. 

3 With simple faith, on thee I call, — 
I My light, my life, my Lord, my all : 

! I wait the moving of the pool ; 
I I wait the word that speaks me whole. 
1 4 Speak, gracious Lord, — my sickness 
I Make my infected nature pure : [cure,^- 
| Peace, righteousness, and joy impart, 
. And pour thyself into my heart ! 

434: Welcome to Church fellowship. L. M, 

BEFTHEEN in Christ, and well beloved, 
To Jesus and his servants dear, 
i Enter, and show yourselves approved ; 
| Enter, and find that God is here, 
j 2 Welcome from earth : lo, the right hanc 
Of fellowship to you we give : 
With open hearts and hands we stand, 
And you in Jesus' name receive. 

3 Jesus, attend; thyself reveal ; 
Are we not met in thy great name ? 
Thee in the midst we wait to feel ; 
We wait to catch the spreading flame. 

4 Truly our fellowship below 
With thee and with the Father is : 
In thee eternal life we know, 
And heaven's unutterable bliss. 

5 Though but in part we know thee hera 
We wait thy coming from above ; 

And we shall then behold thee near, 
And be forever lost in love, 



Hymns. 



79 







4:35 Witnesses for Jesus. L. M. | 

MIGHT my lot be cast with these, 
The least of Jesus' witnesses ; 

that my Lord would count me meet 
To wash his dear disciples' feet ! 

2 This only thing do I require : 
Thou know'st 'tis all my .heart's desire, 
Freely what I receive to give,— 

The servant of thy Church to live :— 

3 After my lowly Lord to go. 
And wait upon tiiy saints below ; 
Enjoy the grace to angels given, 
And serve the royal heirs of heaven. 

4 Lord, if I now thy drawings feel, 
And ask according to thy will, 
Confirm the prayer, the seed impart, 
And speak the answer to my heart. 

5 Tell me, or thou shalt never go, — 
Thy prayer is heard ; it shall be so : 
The word hath pass'd thy lips, and I 
Shall with thy people live and die. 

4:30 implored. L. M. 

THOU, who all things canst control, 
Chase this dread slumber from my soul ; 
With joy and fear, with love and awe, 
Give me to keep thy perfect law. 

2 O may one beam of thy blest light 
Fierce through, dispel, the shade of night : 
Touch my cold breast with heavenly fire ; 
With holy, conq'ring zeal inspire. 

3 For zeal I sigh, for zeal I pant 
Yet heavy is my soul, and faint : 
With steps unwav'ring, undismay'd, 
Give me in all thy paths to tread. 

4 With outstretch' d hands, and streaming 
Oft I begin to grasp the prize : [eyes, 

1 groan, I strive, I watch, I pray ; 
But ah ! my zeal soon dies away. 

5 The deadly slumber then I feel 
Afresh upon my spirit steal : 

Rise, Lord, stir up thy quick'ning power, 
And wake me that I sleep no more. 

A O fV A peaceful death expected, and 

' prayed for. L. M. 

SHRINKING from the cold handof death, 
^ I soon shall gather up my feet ; 
Shall goon resign this fleeting breath, 
And die,— my fathers' God to meet. 

2 Number'd among thy people, I 
Expect with joy thy face to see : 
Because thou didst for sinners die, 
J esus, in death remember me ! 

3 that, without a ling'ring groan, 
I may the welcome word receive ; 
My body with my charge lay down, 
4nd cease at once to work and live, 



4 Walk with me through the dreadful 
And, certified that thou art r/iiiie, [shade, 
My spirit, calm and undismay'd, 

1 shall into thy hanefe i 3$sign. 

5 No anxious doubt, no guilty gloom, 
Shall dttmp hom Jesus' presence cheers: 
My Ligiit,-iny Life, my God is come, 
And giory in his face appears. 

4: ^ § Morning : Adoration. L. M. 

ARISE, my soul, with rapture rise, 
And, fill'd with love and fear, adore 
The awful Sov'reign of the skies, 
Whose mercy lends thee one day more. 

2 And may this day, indulgent Power, 
Not idly pass, nor fruitless be ; 

But may each swiftly passing hour 
Still nearer bring my soul to thee. 

4:30 The souV s best portion. L. M. 

A LMIGHTY Maker of my frame, 
-ft- Teach me the measure of my days ; 
Teach me to know how frail I am, 
And spend the remnant to thy praise. 

2 My days are shorter than a span ; 
A little point my life appears ; 
How frail, at best, is dying man ! 
How vain are all his hopes and fears ! 

3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show; 
Vain are the cares which rack his mind ; 
He heaps up treasures mix'd with wo, 
And dies, and leaves them all behind. 

4 be a nobler portion mine ! 
My God, I bow before thy throne ; 
Earth's fleeting treasures I resign, 
And fix my hope on thee alone. 

4:30 The Christian's parting hour. L. M. 

HOW sweet the hour of closing day, 
When all is peaceful and serene, 
And when the sun, with cloudless ray, 
Sheds mellow lustre o'er the scene ! 

2 Such is the Christian's parting hour; 
So peacefully he sinks to rest ; 

When faith, endued from heaven wit!? 
power, 

Sustains and cheers his languid breast. 

3 Mark but that radiance of his eye, 
That smile upon his wasted cheek ; 
That tells us of his glory nigh, 

In language that no tongue can speak. 

4 A beam from heaven is sent to cheer 
The pilgrim on his gloomy road ; 
And angels are attending near 

To bear him to their bright abode. 

5 Who would not wish to die like those 
Whom God's own Spirit deigns to bless ? 
To sink into that soft repose, 

Then wake to perfect happiness ? 



80 * Hymns. 



H 



4_3 1 The end of that man is peace. L. M. 

W jiest the righteous when he dies ! 
When sinfeq- weary soul to rest ! 
How mildly beam t'^e closing eyes ! 
How gently heaves the' expiring breast ! 

2 So fades a summer cloud v ; 

So sinks the gale when storms are o'er ; 
So gently shuts the eye of day ; 
So dies a wave along the shore. 

3 A holy quiet reigns around, — 

A calm which life nor death destroys ; 
And naught disturbs that peace profound 
Which his unfetter'd soul enjoys. 

4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, 
Where lights and shades alternate dwell ! 
How bright the' unchanging morn appears ! 
Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 

5 Life's labour done, as sinks the clay, — 
Light from its load the spirit flies, 
While heaven and earth combine to say, — 
How blest the righteous when he dies ! 

4:3/^ Security and safety. L. M. 

GOD is our refuge and defence ; 
In trouble our unfailing aid : 
Secure in his omnipotence, 
What foe can make our souls afraid ? 

2 Yea, though the earth's foundations rock, 
And mountains down the gulf be roll'd, 
His people smile amid the shock : 

They look beyond this transient world* 

3 There is a river pure and bright, 
Whose streams make glad the heavenly 
Where in eternity of light [plains ; 
The city of our God remains. 

4 Built by the word of his command, 
With his unclouded presence blest, 
Firm as his throne the bulwark stand ; 
There is our home, our hope, our rest. 

433 

The siruggliny captive. L. M. 

LORD, with a grieved and aching heart, 
To thee I look, to thee I cry : 
Supply my wants ; thy grace impart ; 
hear an humble prisoner's sigh ! 

2 On my sad heart the burden lies ; 
No human power can ease the load 
My num'rous sins against me rise, 
Ajid far remove me from my God. 

3 Break, break, Lord, these tyrant chains, 
And set the struggling captive free ; 
Redeem from everlasting pains, 

And bring me safe to heaven and thee. 

434 He careth for you. L. M. 

DEACE, troubled soul, thou need'st not 
*■ Thy great Provider still is near ; [fear ; 
Who fed thee last will feed thee still : 
Be calm, and sink into his will. 



2 The Lord, who built the earth and sky, 
In mercy stoops to hear thy cry ; 

His promise all may freely claim ; 
Ask and receive in Jesus' name. 

3 Without reserve give Christ your heart ; 
Let him his righteousness impart ; 

Then all things else he'll . freely enve • 
With him you all things shalf receive. 

4 Thus shall the soul be truly blest, 
That seeks in God his only rest : 
May I that happy person be, 

In time and in eternity. 

4t 3 5 Helpless, in sin and misery. L. >!,' 

WHOM man forsakes thou wilt not leave, 
Eeady the outcasts to receive : 
Though all my simpleness I own, 
And all my thoughts to thee are known. 

2 Ah ! wherefore did I ever doubt ? 
Thou wilt in nowise cast me out, — 
A helpless soul, that comes to thee 
With only sin and misery. 

3 Lord, I am sick, — my sickness cure : 

1 want, — do thou enrich the poor : 
Under thy mighty hand I stoop, 
lift the abject sinner up. 

4 Lord, I am blind, — be thou my sight : 
Lord, I am weak, — be thou my might : 
A helper of the helpless be, 

And let me find my all in thee. 

436 The grave shall restore its trust. L. M. 

UNVEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb ; 
Take this new treasure to thy trust ; 
And give these sacred relics room 
To slumber in the silent dust. 

2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear 
Invade thy bounds ; no mortal woes 
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, 
While angels watch the soft repose. 

3 So Jesus slept ; — God's dying Son 
Pass'd through the grave, and blest the bed: 
Rest here, blest saint, till from his throne 
The morning break, and pierce the shade. 

4 Break from his throne, illustrious morn ; 
Attend, O earth ! his sov'reign word ; 
Restore thy trust — a glorious form — 
Call'd to ascend and meet the Lord. 

4:3 Sin's incurable disease. L. M., 

OGOD, to whom, in flesh reveal'd, 
The helpless all for succour came ; 
The sick to be relieved and heal'd, 
And found salvation in thy name : — 

2 Thou seest me helpless and distress' d, 
Feeble, and faint, and blind, and poor ; 
Weary, I come to thee for rest ; 

And, sick of sin, implore a cure. 

3 My sin's incurable disease, 
Thou, Jesus, thou alone canst heal ; 
Inspire m© with thy power and peace, 
And pardon on my conscience seal. 



Hymns. 



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4 «3 S "fo^s remembered and renewed. L. Mo 

HAPPY day that fix'd my choice 
On thee, my Saviour and my God ' 
Well may this glowing heart rejoice, 
And tell its raptures all abroad. 

2 O happy bond, that seals my vows 
To Him who merits all my love ; 
Let cheerful anthems fill his house, 
While to that sacred shrine I move, 

3 'Tis done, the great transaction's done ; 

1 am my Lord's, and he is mine ; 
He drew me, and I follow'd on, 
Charm'd to confess the voice divine. 

4 Now rest, my long-divided heart ; 
Fix'd on this blissful centre, rest ; 
Nor ever from thy Lord depart : 
With him of every good possess'd. 

5 High Heaven, that heard the solemn vow, 
That vow renew' d shall daily hear, 

Till in life's latest hour I bow, 
And bless in death a bond so dear. 

4_ 3 9 Faith reveals God's presence. L. M. 

NOT here, as to the prophet's eye, 
The Lord upon his throne appears ; 
Nor seraph-tongues responsive cry, 
Holy ! thrice holy ! in our ears : — 

2 Yet God is present in this place, 
Veil'd in serener majesty ; 

So full of glory, truth, and grace, 
That faith alone such light can see. 

3 Nor, as he in the temple taught, 
Is Christ withm these walls reveal' d, 
When blind, and deaf, and dumb were 

brought, 

Lepers and lame — and all were heal'd : — 

4 Y r et here, when two or three shall meet, 
Or thronging multitudes are found, 

All may sit down at Jesus' feet, 
And hear from him the joyful sound. 

42-4:0 Evermore give us this bread. L. M. 

FATHER, supply my every need : 
Sustain the life thyself hast given ; 
grant the never-failing bread,— 
The manna that comes down from heaven. 

2 The gracious fruits of righteousness, 
Thy blessings' unexhausted store, 

In me abundantly increase, 
Nor ever let me hunger more, 

3 Let me no more, m deep complaint, 
My leanness, my leanness ! cry : 
Alone consumed with pining want, 
Of all my Father's children I. 

4 The painful thirst, the fond desire, 
Thy joyous presence shall remove ; 
But my full soul shall still require 

A. whole eternity of love. 



4:4: 1 Tribute of praise to the Saviour. L. M, 

JESUS, thou everlasting King, 
Accept the tribute which we bring • 
Accept thy well-deserved renown, 
And wear our praises as thy crown. 

2 Let every act of worship be 
Like our espousals, Lord, to thee • 
Like the blest hour, when from above 
We first received the pledge of love c 

3 The gladness of that happy day, 
may it ever, ever stay : 

Nor let our faith forsake its hold, 
Nor hope decline, nor love grow cold. 

4 Let every moment as it flies, 
Increase thy praise, improve onr joys, 
Till we are raised to sing thy Name, 
At the great supper of the Lamb. 

4:4:2 Reverential joy and filial fear. L. M. 

IF, Lord, I have acceptance found 
With thee, or favour in thy sight, 
Still with thy grace and truth surround, 
And arm me with thy Spirit's might. 

2 may I hear thy warning voice, 
And timely fly from danger near • 
With rev'rence unto thee rejoice, 
And love thee with a filial fear * 

3 Still hold my soul m second life, 
And suffer not my feet to slide : 
Support me in the glorious strife, 
And comfort me on every side, 

4 O give me faith, and faith's increase ; 
Finish the work begun m me ; 
Preserve my soul in perfect peace, 
And let me always rest on thee, 

God's guardian presence. L. M. 

THIS stone to thee, in faith, we lay ; 
This temple, Lord, to thee we raise ; 
Thine eye be open night and day, 
To guard this house of prayer and praise. 

2 Within these walls let heavenly peace 
And holy love and concord dwell ; 
Here give the burden' d conscience ease, 
And here the wounded spirit heal. 

3 But will, indeed, Jehovah deign 
| Here to abide, no transient guest ? 

! Here will our great Kedeemer reign, 
! And here the Holy Spirit rest ? 
j 4 Ne'er let thy glory hence depart : 
i Yet choose not, Lord, this shrine alone ; 
| Thy Spirit dwell in every heart, — 
j In every bosom fix thy throne. 

i ^c4:4: The healing and cleansing fountain. L. JM. 

BY faith. I to the fountain fly, 
Open'd for all mankind and me, 
To purge my sins of deepest dye, — 
My life and heart's impurity. 
2 From Christ, the smitten Rock, it flows, 
The purple and the crystal stream ; 
Pardon and holiness bestows, 
And both I gain through faith in him. 



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Hymns. 



445 An humble offering to Jehovah. L. M. 

THE perfect world, by Adam trod, 
Was the first temple built by God ; 
His fiat laid the corner-stone ; 
He spake, and lo ! the work was done. 

2 He hung its starry roof on high, 
The broad expanse of azure sky ; 

He spread its pavement, green and bright, 
And curtain' d it with morning light. 

3 The mountains in their places stood, 
The sea, the sky ; and all was good ; 
And when its first pure praises rang, 
The morning stars together sang. 

4 Lord, 'tis not ours to make the sea, 
And earth, and sky, a house for thee ; 
But in thy sight our off'ring stands, 
An humble temple, built with hands. 

446 

The sword and shield. L. M. 

A EM me with thy whole armour, Lord ; 
Support my weakness with thy might ; 
Gird on my thigh thy conqu'ring sword, 
And shield me in the threat' ning fight : 
From faith to faith, from grace to grace, 
So in thy strength shall I go on : 
Till heaven and earth fiee from thy face, 
And glory end what grace begun. 

44: T -^ r ° success without God's blessing. L. M. 

EXCEPT the Lord our labours bless, 
In vain shall we desire success ; 
Except his guardian power restrain, 
The watchman waketh but in vain. 

2 'Tis useless toil our stores to keep,— 
Early to rise and late to sleep, — 
Unless the Lord, who reigns on high, 
His providential care supply. 

3 Grant, Lord, that we may ever flee 
For guidance and for help to thee ; 
Thy blessing ask, whate'er we do, 
And in thy strength our work pursue. 

448 Pastors after thine own heart. L. M. 

JESUS, thy wand'ring sheep behold ! 
v See, Lord, with yearning bowels, see, 
Poor souls that cannot find the fold, 
Till sought and gather'd in by thee. 

2 Lost are they now, and scatter' d wide, 
In pain, and weariness, and want ; 
With no kind shepherd near, to guide 
The sick, and spiritless, and faint. 

3 Thou, only thou, the kind, and good, 
The sheep-redeemin r Shepherd art ; 
Collect thy flock, and give them food, 
And pastors after thine own heart. 

4 Give the pure word of gen'ral grace, 
And great shall be the preachers'"crowd : 
Preachers who all the sinful race 

Point to the all-atoning blood. 



5 Thine only glory let them seek ; 

let their hearts with love o'erflow • 
Let them believe, and therefore spea'k, 
And spread thy mercy's praise below, 

449 Blessings of prayer. L. M 

WHAT various hindrances we meet 
Tf In coming to a mercy-seat : 
^et who that knows the worth of prayer, 
But wishes to be often there I 

2 Prayer makes the darken' d cloud with 

draw; 

Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw 1 
Gives exercise to faith and love ; 
Brings every blessing from above. 

3 Eestraining prayer, we cease to fight ; 
Prayer keeps the Christian's armour bright; 
And Satan trembles when he sees 

The weakest saint upon his knees. 

450 Disembodied saints. L. M. 

THHE saints who die of Christ possess' d, 

Enter into immediate rest ; 
For them no further test remains, 
Of purging fires and torturing pains. 

2 Who trusting in their Lord depart, 
Cleansed from all sin, and pure in heart, 
The bliss unmix'd, the glorious prize, 
They find with Christ in paradise. 

3 Yet, glorified by grace alone, 

They cast their crowns before the throne, 
And fill the echoing courts above 
With praises of redeeming love. 

451 The inbred leprosy. L. M 

JESUS, a word, a look from thee, 
Can turn my heart, and make it clean 
Purge out the inbred leprosy, 
And save me from my bosom sin. 

2 Lord, if thou wilt, I do believe 
Thou canst the saving grace impart ; 
Thou canst this instant now forgive, 
And stamp thine image on my heart. 

3 My heart, which now to thee I raise, 

1 know thou canst this moment cleanse ; 
The deepest stains of sin efface, 

And drive the evil spirit hence. 

4 Be it according to thy word ; 
Accomplish now thy work in me ; 
And let my soul, to health restored, 
Devote its deathless powers to thee. 

452 I am going the way of all the earth. L. M 

PASS a few swiftly fleeting years, 
And all that now in bodies live 
Shall quit, like me, the vale of tears, 
Their righteous sentence to receive. 

2 But all, before they hence remove, 
May mansions for themselves prepare 
In that eternal house above ; 

And, O my God, shall I be there ? 



Hymns. 



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453 The only plea. L. M. 

JESUS, the sinner's friend, to thee, 
Lost and undone, for aid I flee ; 
Weary of earth, myself, and sin ; 
Open thine arms, and take me in. 

2 Pity and heal my sin sick soul ; 
'Tis thou alone canst make me whole ; 
Dark, till in me thine image shine, 
And lost, 1 am, till thou art mine. 

3 At last I own it cannot be 
That I should fit myself for thee : 
Here, then, to thee I all resign ; 
Thine is the work, and only thine. 

4 What shall I say thy grace to move ? 
Lord, I am sin, — but thou art love : 

1 give up every plea beside, — 
Lord, I am lost — but thou hast died. 

454 The divine Teacher. L.M. 

HOW sweetly flow'd the gospel's sound 
From lips of gentleness and grace, 
While list'ning thousands gather' d round, 
And joy and rev're ^e fill'd the place. 

2 From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke, 
To heaven he led his followers' way ; 
Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, 
Unveiling an immortal day. 

8 Come, wand'rers, to my Father's home ; 
Come, all ye weary ones, and rest. 
Yes, sacred Teacher ! we will come, 
Obey, and be forever blest. 
4 Decay, then, tenements of dust ! 
Pillars of earthly pride, decay ! 
A nobler mansion waits the just, 
And Jesus has prepared the way. 

455 Salvation only by grace through faith. L. M. 

¥E have no outward righteousness, 
No merits or good works, to plead ; 
We only can be saved by grace ; 
Thy grace, Lord, is free indeed. 

2 Save us by grace, through faith alone, — 
A faith thou must thyself impart ; 

A faith that would by works be shown, 
A faith that purifies the heart : 

3 A faith that doth the mountains move, 
A faith that shows our sins forgiven 

A faith that sweetly works by love, 
And ascertains our claim to heaven. 

4 This is the faith we humbly seek, 
The faith in thy all-cleansing blood : 
That faith which doth for sinners speak, 
let it speak us up to God ! 

456 Remember Calvary ! L. M. 
MY sufferings all to thee are known, 

Tempted in every point like me ; 
Regard my grief, regard thine own : 
Jesus, remember Calvary ! 



2 For whom didst thou the cross endure ? 
Who nail'd thy body to the tree ? 

Did not thy death my life procure ? 

let thy mercy answer me. 

3 Art thou not touch' d with human wo ? 
Hath pity left the Son of man 'I 

Dost thou not all my sorrows know. 
And claim a share in all my pain i 

4 Thou wilt not break a bruised reed, 
Or quench the smallest spark of grace, 
Till through the soul thy power is spread^ 
Thy all- victorious righteousness. 

' 5 The day of small and feeble things, 

1 know thou never wilt despise ; 

1 know, with healing in his wings, 

I The Sun of righteousness shall rise. 

45*7 0nl y Jesus - L - M 

WHEN, gracious Lord, when shall it be 
That 1 shall find my all in thee ? 
The fulness of thy promise prove,— 
The seal of thine eternal love? 

2 A poor blind child I wander here, 
If haply I may feel thee near : 

( ) dark ! dark ! dark ! I still must say, 
Amidst the blaze of gospel day. 

3 Thee, only thee, I fain would find, 
And cast the world and flesh behind , 
Thou, only thou, to me be given, 

Of all thou hast in earth or heaven. 
; 4 When from the arm ot flesh set free, 
Jesus, my soul shall fly to thee ; , 
Jesus, when I have lost my all, 

1 shall upon thy bosom fall. 

458 Shut up in unbelief. L. M 

LIGHT of the Gentile world appear ; 
Command the blind thy rays to see : 
Our darkness chase, our sorrows cheer, 
And set the plaintive pris'ner free. 

2 Me, me, who still in darkness sit, 
Shut up in sin and unbelief, 
Deliver from this gloomy pit, — 
This dungeon of despairing grief. 

3 Open mine eyes the Lamb to know, 
Who bears the'gen'ral sin away ; 
And to my ransom 'd spirit show 
The glories of eternal day. 



Deprecating eternal death. 



459 

FATHER, if I may call thee so, 
Regard my fearful heart's desire i 
Remove this load of guilty wo, 
Nor let me in my sins expire. 

2 I tremble, lest the wrath divine, 
Which bruises now my wretched soul, 
Should bruise this wretched soul of mine 
Long as eternal ages roll. 

3 I deprecate that death alone, — 
That endless banishment from thee ; 
O save, and give me to thy Son, 
Who suffer' d, wept, and bled for me. 



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Hymns. 



460 Seeking deliverance and rest. L. M. | 

AWAKED from sin's delusive sleep, 
My heavy guilt I feel, and weep : 
Beneath a weight of woes oppress' d, 

1 come to thee, my Lord, for rest. 

2 Now, from thy throne of grace above, 
Look down upon my soul in love ; — 
That smile shall sweeten all my pain, 
And make my soul rejoice again. 

3 By thy divine, transforming power, 
My ruin'd nature now restore ; 

And let my life and temper shine, 
In blest resemblance, Lord, to thine. 

461 Social dedication to God. L. M. 

JESUS, our best beloved friend, 
Draw out our souls in sweet desire ; 
Jesus, in love to us descend, — 
Baptize us with thy Spirit's fire. 

2 On thy redeeming name we call, 
Poor and unworthy though we be ; 
Pardon and sanctify us all, — 

Let each thy full salvation see. 

3 Our souls and bodies we resign, 
To fear and follow thy commands ; 

O take our hearts, our hearts are thine ; 
Accept the service of our hands. 

4 Firm, faithful, watching unto prayer, 
Our Master's voice will we obey ; 

Toil in the vineyard here, and bear 
The heat and burden of the day. 

5 Yet, Lord, for us a resting-place, 

In heaven, at thy right hand, prepare ; 
And till we see thee face to face, 
Be all our conversation there. 

462 The healing power of Christ. L. M. 

THOUGH eighteen hundred years arepast 
Since Christ did in the flesh appear, 
His tender mercies ever last, 
And still his healing power is here. 

2 Would he the body's health restore, 
And not regard the sin-sick soul ? 
The sin-sick soul he loves much more, 
And surely he will make it whole. 

3 All my disease, my every sin, 
To thee, Jesus, I confess : 

In pardon. Lord, my cure begin, 
An: perfect it in holiness. 

That token of thine utmost good, 
Now, Saviour, now, on me bestow ; 
And purge my conscience with thy blood, 
And wash my nature white as snow. 

463 Humble confession. L. 31. 

SAVIOUR, I now with shame confess 
My thirst for creature happiness ; 
By base desires I wrong' d thy love, 
Arid forced thy mercy to remove. 

2 Yet, the riches of thy grace ! 
Thou, who hast seen mv evil ways, 
Wilt freely my backslidings heal, 
And pardon on my conscience seal. 



3 Yea, for thy truth and mercy's sake, 
My comfort thou wilt give me back ; 
And lead me on from grace to grace, 
In all the paths of righteousness. 

4 Till throughly saved my new-born soul, 
And perfectly by faith made whole, 
Shall bright in thy full image rise, 

To share thy glory in the skies. 

4:64: For constant devotedness. L. M 

LORD, fill me with an humble fear ; 
My utter helplessness reveal ; 
Satan and sin are always near, — 
Thee may I always nearer feel. 

2 that to thee my constant mind 
Might with an even flame aspire ; 
Pride in its earliest motions find, 
And mark the risings of desire. 

3 O that my tender soul might fly 

: The first abhorr'd approach of ill ; 

j Quick as the apple of an eye, 

i The slightest touch of sin*to feel. 

4 Till thou anew my soul create, 

Still may I strive, and watch, and pray; 
Humbly and confidently wait, 
And long to see the perfect day. 

4:65 The win °f God - L - M 

HE wills that I should holy be : 
That holiness I long to feel ; 
That full divine conformity 
To all my Saviour's righteous will. 

2 See, Lord, the travail of thy soul 

| A-Ccomplish'd in the change of mine ; 
And plunge me, every whit made whole, 
In all the depths of love divine. 

3 On thee, O God, my soul is stay'd, 
And waits to prove thine utmost will ; 
The promise by thy mercy made, 
Thou canst, thou wilt, in me fulfil. 

j 4 No more I stagger at thy power, 
Or doubt thy truth, which cannot move : 
Hasten the long-expected hour, 

( And bless me with thy perfect love. 

A Christ's universal and everlasting 

^*>*J kingdom. L. M. 

JESUS* shall reign where'er the sun 
Doth his successive journeys run ; 
His kingdom spread from shore to shore 
Till moon shall wax and wane no more. 
I 2 From north to south the princes meet, 
To pay their homage at his feet ; 
While western empires own their Lord, 
And savage tribes attend his word. 
; 3 To him shall endless prayer be made, 
' And endless praises crown his head^ 
His Name like sweet perfume shall rise 
With every morning sacrifice. 

4 People and realms of every tongue 
Dwell on his love with sweetest song, 

[ And infa*nt voices shall proclaim 
; Their early blessings on his Name. 



Hymns. 



85 



OUR Lord is risen from the dead ; 
Our Jesus is gone up on high ; 
The powers of heii are captive led, — 
Dragg'd to the portals of the sky : 
There his triumphant chariot waits, 
And angels chant the solemn lay ; — 
Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ; 
¥e everlasting doors, give way 1 

2 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
And wide unfold the' ethereal scene ; 
He claims these mansions as his right ; 
Receive the King of glory in ! 

Who is the King of glory ? Who ? 
The Lord, that all our foes o'ercame ; — 
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew ;— 
And Jesus is the Conqu'ror's name. 

3 Lo ! his triumphal chariot waits, 
And angels chant the solemn lay ; 
Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ; 
Ye everlasting doors, give way ! 

Who is the King of glory ? Who ? 
The Lord, of glorious power possess'd ; — 
The King of saints and angels too ; — 
God over all, forever blest ! 

468 

Hope springing vp. L. M 

MY soul before thee prostrate lies ; 
To thee, her Source, my spirit flies ; 
My wants I mourn, my chains I see ; 
let thy presence set me free. 

2 Jesus, vouchsafe my heart and will 
With thy meek lowliness to fill ; 

No more her power let nature boast, 
But in thy will may mine be lost. 

3 Already springing hope I feel, — 
God will destroy the power of hell, 
And, from a land of wars and pain, 
Lead me where peace and safety reign. 

4 One only care my soul shall know, — 
Father, all thy commands to do ; 

And feel, what endless years shall prove, 
That thou, my Lord, my God, art love. 

469 The heavens declare his glory. L. M 

^FHE spacious firmament on high, 
With all the blue ethereal sky, 
And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
Their great Original proclaim; 
The' unwearied sun, from day to day, 
Doth his Creator's power display, 
And publishes to every land 
The work of an Almighty Hand. 
2 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
The moon takes up the wondrous tale, 
And nightly, to the list'ning earth, 
Repeats the story of her birth ; 
While all the stars that round her burn, 
And all the planets in their turn, 
Confirm the tidings as they roll, 
And spread the truth from pole to pole. 



3 What, though in solemn silence all 
Move round tne dark terrestrial ball ; 
What, though no real voice nor sound 
Amid the radiant orbs be found ; 

In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
Forever singing as they shine, 
The Hand tiiat made us is divine. 

4 TO The Lord is my refuge. L. M. 
HY is my heart with grief oppress' d ? 



Can all the pains I feel or fear, 
Make thee, my soul, forget thy rest — 
Forget that God, thy God, is near ? 

2 Hast thou not often call'd the Lord 
Thy refuge, thy almighty friend ? 
And canst thou fear to trust that word 
On which thy hopes of heaven depend ? 

3 Lord, form my temper to thy will ; 
If thou my faith and patience prove, 
May every painful stroke fulfil 

Thy purposes of faithful love. 

4 may this weak, this fainting mind, 
A Father's hand, adoring, see ; 
Confess thee just, and wise, and kind, 
And trust thy word, and cleave to thee. 

471 



It is I; 



L. M. 



not afraid. 

WHEN power divine in mortal form 
Hush'd with a word the raging storm, 
In soothing accents Jesus said, — 
Lo, it is I ; be not afraid. 

2 So when in silence nature sleeps, 
And lonely watch the mourner keeps, 
One thought shall every pang remove- 
Trust, feeble man, thy Maker's love. 

3 God calms the tumult and the storm ; 
He rules the seraph and the worm : 

No creature is by him forgot 

Of those who know, or know him not. 

4 And when the last dread hour shall come, 
And shudd'ring nature wait her doom, 
This voice shall wake the pious dead, — 
Lo, it is I ; be not afraid. 

/i W O Balm in Gilead, and a good Physician 

* • & there. L. M. 

DEEP are the wounds which sin has mads f 
Where shall the sinner find a cure ? 
In vain, alas ! is nature's aid ; 
The work exceeds her utmost power. 

2 But can no sov'reign balm be found, 
And is no kind physician nigh, 

To ease the pain, and heal the wound, 
Ere life and hope forever fly ? 

3 There is a great Physician near ; 
Look up, fainting soul, and live ; 
See, in his heavenly smiles, appear 
Such help as nature cannot give. 

4 See, in the Saviour's dying blood, 
Life, health, and bliss, abundant flow \ 
And in that sacrificial flood 

A balm for all thy grief and woe. 



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Hymns. 



4. ^ 3 Meekness. L. M 

HAPPY the meek, whose gentle breast, 
Clear as the summer's evening ray, 
Calm as the regions of the blest, 
Enjoys on eartn celestial day. 

2 His heart no broken friendships sting ; 
No jars his peaceful tent invade ; 

He rests beneath the' Almighty's wing, 
Hostile to none — of none afraid. 

3 Spirit of grace ! all meek and mild, 
Inspire our hearts, — our souls possess ; 
Eepel each passion rude and wild, 
And bless us, as we aim to bless. 

474 

The fountain gushing from his side. L. M. 

YE that pass by, behold the Man — 
The Man of griefs — condemn' d for you ; 
The Lamb of God, for sinners slain, 
Weeping to Calvary pursue. 

2 To us our own Barabbas give, — 
Away with him, — (they loudly cry :) 
Away with him, not fit to live, — 
The vile seducer crucify ! 

3 His sacred limbs they stretch, they tear ; 
With nails they fasten "to the wood ; 

His sacred limbs, exposed and bare, 
Or only cover' d with his blood. 

4 Behold his temples, crown' d with thorn ; 
His bleeding hands, extended wide ; 

His streaming feet, transfix' d and torn ; 
The fountain gushing from his side ! 

5 thou dear suff'ring Son of G-od, 
How doth thy heart to sinners move ; 
Sprinkle on ns thy precious blood, 
And melt us with thy dying love. 

475 The sacrifice of a broken heart. L. 31. 

THOUGH I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, 

Thy help and comfort still afford ; 
And let a wretch come near thy throne 
To plead the merits of thy Son. 
2 A broken heart, my God, my King, 
Is all the sacrifice I bring ; 
Thou God of grace, wilt thou despise 
k broken heart for sacrifice ? 
{ My soul lies humbled in the dust, 
And owns the dreadful sentence just : 
Look down, Lord, with pitying eye, 
And save a soul condemn'd to die. 



Tlie dead and the living. L. M. 

WHEBE are the dead ? — In heaven or hell 
Their disembodied spirits dwell ; 
Their perish'd forms, in bonds of clay, 
Reserved until the judgment-day. 
I Where are the living ? on the ground 
Where prayer is heard and mercy found : 
Where, in the compass of a span, 
The mortal makes the' immortal man 



3 Then, timely warn'd, let us begin 
To follow Christ and flee from sin ; 
Daily grow up in him our Head, 
Lord of the living and the dead. 



477 Pleading for mercy in the hour of 
| affliction. L. M. 

(1UT me not off', almighty Lord, 
I ; But use the rod, and not the sword ; 
| Unneeded pain thou canst not give, 
| Nor without cause thy children grieve. 

2 Though sorrowbreak this wretched heart 
And pain the soul and body part, 
suffer not my soul to be 
One moment separate from thee. 

3 And now, in kind compassion, show 
What means this providential blow ; 
That here I may thy mercy see, 
And all the good design'd for me. 



Confident security. L. M, 

WHILE thou art intimately nigh, 
Who, who shall violate my rest ? 
Sin, earth, and hell I now defy : 

1 lean upon my Saviour's breast- 

2 I rest beneath the' Almighty's shade, 
My griefs expire, my troubles cease ; 
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stay'd, 
Wilt keep me still in perfect peace. 

3 Me for thine own thou lov'st to take 
In time and in eternity ; 

Thou never, never wilt forsake 

A helpless worm that trusts in thee. 

4-7*^ Jehovah? s presence. L. M. 

NOT heaven's wide range of hallow' d 
space 

Jehovah's presence can confine ; 
Nor angels' claims restrain his grace, 
Whose glories through creation shine. 

2 It beam'd^on Eden's guilty days, 
And traced redemption's wondrous plan ; 
From Calvary, in brightest rays, 

It glow'd to guide benighted man. 

3 Its sacred shrine it fixes there, 
Where two or three are met to raise 
Their holy hands in humble prayer, 
Or tune their hearts to grateful praise. 

4 Be this, Lord, that honour" d place,— 
The house of God, the gate of heaven ; 
And may the fulness of thy grace 

To all w'ho here shall meet be given. 

5 And hence, in spirit, may we soar 

To those bright courts where seraphs bend 
With awe like theirs, on earth adore, 
I Till with their anthems ours shall bleud. 



Hymns. 



87 



The glorious predictions. 



L. M. 



480 

11HE Law and Prophets all foretold 
. That Christ should die, and leave the 
Gather the world into his fold, [grave, 
The Church of Jews and Gentiles save. 

2 Yet, by the prince of darkness bound, 
The nations still are wrapt in night : 
They never heard the joyful sound ; 
They never saw the Gospel light. 

3 Light of the world, again appear, 
In mildest majesty of grace, 

And bring the great salvation near 
And claim our whole apostate race. 

His dying cry. L. Ail. 

5 'PIS finished ! so the Saviour said, 
And meekly bow'd his dying head : 

'Tis finished ! yes, the race is run ; 

The battle fought ; the vict'ry won. 

2 'Tis finish' d ! let the joyful sound 

Be heard the spacious earth around 

'Tis finish'd ! let the echo fly 

Through heaven and hell, through earth 
and sky. 

482 Expiring on the cross. L. M. 

EXTENDED on a cursed tree, 
Cover 1 d with dust, and sweat, andblood, 
See there, the King of glory see ! 
Sinks and expires the Son of God. 

2 Who, who, my Saviour, this hath done ? 
Who could thy sacred body wound ? 

No guilt thy spotless heart hath known, — 
No guile hath in thy hps been found. 

3 I, I alone have done the deed ; 
'Tis I thy sacred flesh have torn ; 

My sins have caused thee, Lord, to bleed, — 
iPointed the nail, and fixed the thorn, 

4 For me the burden to sustain 

Too great, on thee, my Lord, was laid: 
'To heal me, thou hast borne the pain ; 
To bless me, thou a curse wast made. 

5 My Saviour, how shall I proclaim, 
How pay, the mighty debt I owe ? 
Xet all I have, and all I am, 
Ceaseless, to all, thy glory show. 

•6 Still let thy tears, thy groans, thy sighs, 
'O'erflow my eyes, and heave my breast, 
"Ell, loosed from flesh and earth, I rise, 
-And ever in thv bosom rest. 



483 



Hope in God. 



flOD of my strength, in thee alone 
u A refuge from distress I see ; 
'0 why hast thou thine aid withdrawn ? 
Why hast thou, Lord, forsaken me ? 
•9 let thy light my footsteps guide ; 
Thy love and truth my Spirit fill ; 
'lhat in thy house I may reside, 
And worship at thy holv hill. 



i 3 Then will I at thine altar bend ; 
I My harp its softest notes shall raise, 
! And from my lips to heaven ascend 
; The song of thankfulness and praise. 
! 4 Why then, my soul, art thou cast down* 
! Why art thou anxious and distressed ? 
! Hope thou in God, his mercy own, 
' For I shall yet enjoy his rest. 

The Lord our righteousness. L. A> 

LET not the wise their wisdom boast, 
The mighty glory in their might ; 
j The rich in flatt'ring riches trust, 
! Which take their everlasting flight. 

| 2 The rush of num'rous years bears down, 
I The most gigantic strength of man ; 
And where is all his wisdom gone, 
When, dust, he turns to dust again ? 

3 One only gift can justify 

The boasting soul that knows its God , 
When Jesus doth his blood apply, 
I glory in his sprinkled blood. 

4 The Lord my righteousness I praise, 

1 triumph in the love divine ; 

The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace., 
In Christ to endless ages mine. 

485 The land of rest. L. M 

THY loving Spirit, Lord, alone 
J- Can lead me forth, and make me free ; 
The bondage break in which I groan, 
And set my heart at liberty. 

2 Now let thy Spirit bring me in, 
And give thy servant to possess 
The land of rest from inbred sin,— 
The land of perfect holiness. 

3 Lord, I believe thy power the same ; 
The same thy truth and grace -endure ; 
And in thy blessed hands I am, 

And trust thee for a perfect cure. 

4 Come, Saviour, come, and make me 
Entirely all my sins remove ; [whole, 
To perfect health restore my soul,— 

To perfect holiness and love. 

480 ® n cnan 9' in 'J place of abode. L. 

SOLE Sov'reign of the earth and skies, 
Supremely good, supremely wise, 
Fix thou the place of "our abode, 
But let it still be near our God. 

2 On earth we weary pilgrims roam, 
Nor find, nor hope, a lasting home : 
We seek a house not made with handfl, 
A heavenly house, which ever stands. 

3 Yet while we sojourn here below, 
Let streams of mercy round us flow; 
And when our destined race is run, 
Assign us mansions near thy throne. 



88 



Hymns. 



Dying, rising, reignir?y. L. M. 

HE dies ! tlie Friend of sinners dies I 
Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ; 
A solemn darkness veils the skies, 
A. sudden trembling shakes the ground : 
Come, saints, and drop a tear or two 
For him who groan' d beneath your load; 
Be shed a thousand drops for you, — 
A thousand drops of richer blood. 

2 Here's love and grief beyond degree : 
The Lord of glory dies for man ! 

But lo ! what sudden joys we see : 
Jesus, the dead, revives again. 
The rising God forsakes the tomb : 
(In vain the tomb forbids his rise ;) 
Cherubic legions guard him home, 
And shout him welcome to the skies. 

3 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell 
How high your great Deliv'rer reigns ; 
Sin^ how he spoil'd the hosts of hell, 
And led the monster death in chains : 
Say, Live forever, wondrous King ! 
Born to redeem, and strong to save ; 
Ihenaskthe monster, Where's thy sting? 
And, Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 

4- § § A blessing for those icho mourn. L. M. 

DEEM not that they are blest alone 
Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep ; 
For God, who pities man, has shown 
A blessing for the eyes that weep. 

2 The light of smiles shall fill again 
The lids that overflow with tears ; 
And weary hours of woe and pain 
Are promises of happier years. 

8 There is a day of sunny rest 
For every dark'and troubled night ; 
Though grief may bide an evening guest, 
Yet joy shall come with early light. 

4 Nor let the good man's trust depart, 
Though life its common gifts deny, — 
Though with a pierced and broken heart, 
And spurn' d of men, he goes to die. 

5 For God has mark'd each sorrowing day 
And number'd every secret tear ; 

And heaven's eternal bliss shall pay 
For all his children suffer here. 

489 The sinner's only hope. L. M. 

TITHEBE WITH, Lord, shall I draw near 
" And bow myself before thy face ? 

How in thy purer eye's appear ? 

What shall I bring to gain thy grace 

2 Will gifts delight the Lord Most High ? 
Will multiplied oblations please ? 
Thousands of rams his favour buy, 

Or slaughter' d hecatombs appease ? 

3 Can these avert the wrath of God ? 
Can these wash out my guilty stain ? 
Rivers of oil, and seas of blood, 
Alas * they all must flow in vain. 



4 Who would himself to thee approve, 
Must take the path thyself hast show'd; 
Justice pursue, and mercy love, 

And humbly walk by faith with God. 

5 But though my life henceforth be thine, 
Present for past can ne'er atone ; 
Though I to thee the whole resign, 

1 only give thee back thine own? 

6 Guilty I stand before thy face ; 
On me I feel thy wrath abide ; 

'Tis just the sentence should take place ; 
'Tis just,— but 0, thy Son hath died ! 

Deprecating the icithdraical of the L 
Spirit. L. M 

£TAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, 

*3 Though I have done thee such despite ; 

Nor cast the sinner quite away, 

Nor take thine everlasting flight. 

2 Though I have steel' d my stubborn 
And shaken off my guilty fears ; [heart. 
And vex'd, and urged thee to depart, 
For many long rebellious years : 

3 Though I have most unfaithful been, 
Of all who e'er thy grace received ; 
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen ; 
Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved : 

4 Yet, ! the chief of sinners spare, 
In honour of my great High Priest ; 
Nor in thy righteous anger swear 

To' exclude me from thy people's rest. 

491 Mark of perfection. L. M. 

WHAT ! never speak one evil word ? 
Or rash, or idle, or unkind ? 
O how shall I, most gracious Lord, 
This mark of true perfection find ? 
2 Thy sinless mind in me reveal ; 
Thy Spirit's plenitude impart; 
And all my spotless life shall tell 
The' abundance of a loving heart. 

492 The sacramental seal. L. M 

COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Honour the means ordain' d by thee ; 
Make good our apostolic boast, 
And own thy glorious ministry. 

2 We now thy promised presence claim ; 
Sent to disciple all mankind, — 

Sent to baptize into thy name, — 
We now thy promised presence find. 

3 Father, in these reveal thy Son ; 
In these, for whom we seek thy face, 
The hidden mystery make known, 
The inward, pure, baptizing grace. 

4 Jesus, with us thou always art; 
Effectual make the sacred sign ; 
The gift unspeakable impart. 
And bless the ordinance divine. 

5 Eternal Spirit, from on high, 
Baptizer of our spirits thou, 
The sacramental seal apply, 
And witness with the water now. 



Hvmns. 



89 







493 Farting of f riends. L. M. 

THY presence, everlasting God ! 
Wide o'er ail nature spreads abroad : 
Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep, 
In every place thy children keep. 

2 While near each other we remaiu, 
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain ; 
When sep'rate, happy if we share 
Thy smiles and thy paternal care. 

3 To thee we all our ways commit, 
And seek our comforts near thy feet ; 
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine, 
And guard and guide us still as thine. 

4 Bring us again to pay our vows, 
O Lord, in thy beloved house ; 
Or, if that joy no more be known, 
O may we meet around thy throne. 

</|_Ozi. Canst thou find out the Almighty to 
^ *^ ^ perfection ? L. M. 

GOD, thou bottomless abyss ! 
Thee to perfection who can know? 
height immense ! what words suffice 
Thy countless attributes to show ? 

2 Greatness unspeakable is thine ; 
Greatness, whose undiminished ray, 
When short-lived worlds are lost, shall 

shine — 

When earth and heaven are fled away. 

3 Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord, 
Essential life's unbounded sea, 

What lives and moves lives by thy word, 
It lives, and moves, and is, from thee. 

4 High, is thy power above all height ; 
Whate'er thy will decrees is done ; 
Thy wisdom, equal to thy might, 
Only to thee, O God, is known ! 

495 Figure and means of saving grace. L. M. 
A UTHOR of our salvation, thee, 

-ft With lowly, thankful hearts, we praise ; 
Author of this great mystery, — 
Figure and means of saving grace. 

2 The sacred, true, effectual sign, 
Thy body and thy blood it shows ; 
The glorious instrument divine, 
Thy mercy and thy strength bestows. 

3 We see the blood that seals our peace; 
Thy pard'ning mercy we receive ; 

The bread doth visibly express 

The strength thro ugh which our spirits live. 

4 Our spirits drink a fresh supply, 
And eat the bread so freely given, 
Till, borne on eagles' wings, we fly, 
And banquet with our Lord in heaven. 

496 In sickness : Praying for recovery. L. M. 
A NGEL of covenanted grace, 

- CL Come, and thy healing power infuse ; 
Descend in thine own time, and bless, 
And give the means their hallow'd use. 
2 Obedient to thy will alone, 
To thee in means I calmly fly : 
My life, I know, is not my own ; 
To God T live, to God I die. 



3 Thy holy will be ever mine ; 
If thou on earth detain me still, 

I bow, and bless the grace divine, — 

1 suffer all thy holy will. 

4 I come, if thou my strength restore, 
To serve thee with my strength renewal ; 
Jrant me but this, I ask no more — 

To spend and to be spent for God. 

His supreme Divinity. L. 1A 

THE day of Christ, the day of God, 
We humbly hope with joy to see,— 
Wash'd in the sanctifying blood 
Of an incarnate Deity — 

2 Who did for us his life resign : 
There is no other God but one ; 
For all the plenitude Divine 
Resides in the eternal Son. 

3 Spotless, sincere, without offence, 
may we to his day remain, 

Who trust the blood of Christ to cleanse 
Our souls from every sinful stain. 

4 Lord, we believe the promise sure ; 
The purchased Comforter impart ; 
Apply thy blood to make us pure, — 
To keep us pure in life and heart. 

5 Then let us see that day supreme, 
When none thy Godhead shall deny,— 
Thy sov'reign majesty blaspheme, — 
Or count thee less than the Most High ! 

6 When all who on their God believe,— 
Who here thy last appearing love, — 
Shall thy consummate joy receive, 
And see thy glorious face above. 

498 Following the Saviour. L. M. 

OTHOU, to whose all-searching sight 
The darkness shineth as the light, 
Search, prove my heart, it pants for thee ; 
burst these bonds, and set it free. 

2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross ; 
Nail my- affections to the cross ; 
Hallow each thought ; let all within 
Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean. 

3 If in this darksome wild I stray, 

i Be thou my light, be thou my way ; 
; No foes, no violence I fear, 
i No fraud, while thou, my God, art near< 
I 4 When rising floods my soul o'erflow, — 
I When sinks my heart in waves of woe.— 
! Jesus, thy timely aid impart, 
1 And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 
5 Saviour, where'er thy steps I see, 
| Dauntless, untired, I follow thee ; 
; let thy hand support me still, 
! And lead me to thy holy hill. 
I 6 If rough and thorny be the way, 
| My strength proportion to my day ; 
| Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, - 
i Where all is calm, and joy, and peace. 



90 



Hymns. 



Living to the glory of God. L. M. 

OTHOU ! who hast at thy command 
The hearts of ah men in thy nana, 
Our wayward, erring hearts incline 
To have no other will but thine. 

2 Our wishes, our desires, control ; 
Mould every purpose of tue soul ; 
O'er all may we victorious prove 
That stands between us and tny love. 

3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be. 
When we can k>ok througn them to thee ; 
When each glad heart its tribute pays 

Of love, and gratitude, and praise. 

4 And while we to thy glory live, 
May we to thee all glory give, 
Until the final summons come, 
That calls thy willing servants home. 

^00 National blessings. L. M. 

GREAT God of nations, now to thee 
Our hymn of gratitude we raise ; 
With humble heart, and bending knee, 
We offer thee our song of praise. 

2 Thy Name we bless, almighty God, 
For all the kindness thou hast shown 
To this fair land the pilgrims trod, — 
This land we fondly call our own. 

3 Here freedom spreads her banner wide. 
And casts her soft and hallow' d ray ; 
Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide 
In safety through their dang'rous way. 

4 We praise thee that the gospel's light 
Through all our land its radiance sheds ; 
Dispels the shades of error's niofht, 

And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 

5 Great God, preserve us in thy fear ; 
In danger still our guardian be ; 

spread thy truth's bright precepts here : 
Let all the people worship thee. 

501 The great Antetype. L. M. 

OTHOU whose off'ring on the tree 
The legal off rings all foreshow' d, 
Bcrrow'd their whole effect from thee, 
And drew their virtue from thy blood : — 

2 The blood of goats and bullocks slain, 
Could never for one sin atone ; 
To purge the guilty off'rer's stain, 
Thine was the work, and thine alone. 

S These feeble tvpes and shadows old, 
Are all in thee, the Truth, fulfill'd : 
We in thy sacrifice behold 
The substance of those rites reveal' d. 

4 Thy meritorious sufrrings past, 
We see by faith to us brought back ; 
And, on thy grand oblation cast, 
Its saving benefits partake. 



The joys of penitence. L. M, 

COME, O ye sinners, to the Lord, 
In Christ to paradise restored : 
His proffer' d benefits embrace, — 
The plenitude of gospel grace :— 

2 A pardon written with his blood ; 
The favour and the peace of God • 
The seeing eye, the feeling sense,' 
The mystic joys of penitence :— 

3 The godly fear, the pleasing smart, 
The meltings of a broken heart ; 
The tears tnat tell your sins forgiven ; 
The sighs that waft your souls to heaven:— 

| 4 The guiltless shame, the sweet distress, 
The' unutterable tenderness ; 
The genuine, meek humility ; 
The wonder, why such love to me : 
5 The' o'erwhelming power of saving grace, 
The sight that veils the seraph's face; 
The speechless awe that dares not move, 
And all the silent heaven of love. 

503 The Saviour's legacy. L. M. 

JESUS, we on the words depend, 
Spoken by thee while present here, — 
The Father in my name snail send 
The Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 

2 That promise made to Adam's race, 
Now, Lord, in us, we pray, fulfil ; 
And give the Spirit of thy grace, 

To teach us all thy perfect will. 

3 That heavenly Teacher of mankind, 
That Guide infallible, impart,— 

To bring thy sayings to our mind, 
And write them on each faithful heart. 

4 He only can the words apply, 
Through which we endless life possess ; 
And deal to each his legacy, — 

Our Lord's unutterable peace. 

504: The spirit of the ancient icorthie*. L. M. 

OFOR that flame of living fire 
Which shone so bright in saints of old ; 
Which bade their souls to heaven aspire, — 
Calm in distress, in danger bold. 

2 Where is that spirit, Lord, which dwelt 
In Abrah'm's breast, and seal'd him thine?/ 
Which made Paul's heart with sorrow melt, 
And glow with energy divine ? — 

3 That Spirit, which from age to age 
Proclaim 'd thy love, and taught thy ways \ 
Brighten'd Isaiah's vivid page, 

And breath' d in David's hallow' d lays ? 

4 Is not thy grace as mighty now 
As when Elijah felt its power ; 
When glory beam' d from Moses brow, 
Or Job endur'd the trying hour ? 

5 Remember, Lord, the ancient days ; 
Renew thy work ; thy grace restore ; 
And while to thee our hearts we raise, 
On us thy Holy Spirit pour. 



Hymns. 



91 



505 F«r lowliness and purity. L. M. 

JESUS, in whom the Godhead's rays 
Beam forth with mildest majesty ; 

1 see thee full of truth and grace, 
And come for all I want to thee. 

2 Save me from pride,— the plague expel ; 
Jesus, thine humble self impart: 

O let thy mind within me dwell ; 
O give me lowliness of heart. 

3 Enter thyself, and cast out sin ; 
Thy spotless purity bestow : 

Touch me, and make the leper clean ; 
Wash me, and I am white as snow. 

4 Sprinkle me, Saviour, with thy blood, 
And all thy gentleness is mine ; 

And plunge me in the purple flood, 
Till all I am is lost in thine. 

506 The evidence of perfect love. L M. 

QUICKEN'!) with our immortal Head, 
Who daily, Lord, ascend with thee ; 
Eedeem'd from sin, and free indeed, 
We taste our glorious liberty. 

2 Saved from the fear of hell and death, 
With joy we seek the things above ; 
And all thy saints the spirit breathe 

Of power, sobriety, and love. 

3 Power o'er the world, the flesh, and sin, 
We through thy gracious Spirit feel : 
Full power the. victory to win, 

And answer all thy righteous will. 

4 Pure love to God thy members find ; 
Pure love to every soul of man ; 
And in thy sober, spotless mind, 
Saviour, our heaven on earth we gain. 

507 Holiness. L. M. 
OLY as thou, Lord, is none ; 

Thy holiness is all thine own ; 
A drop of that unbounded sea 
Is ours, — a drop derived from thee. 

2 And when thy purity we share, 
Thine only glory we declare ; 
And, humbled into nothing, own, 
Holy and pure is God alone. 

3 Sole, self-existing God and Lord, 
By all thy heavenly hosts adored, 
Let all on earth bow down to thee, 
And own thy peerless majesty : 

4 Thy power unparallel'd confess, 
Established on the Eock of peace ; 
The Rock that never shall remove, — 
T ie Eock of pure, almighty love. 

508 From everlasting to everlasting. L. M. 
EE mountains rear' d their forms sublime, 

Or heaven and earth in order stood, 
Before the birth of ancient time, 
From everlasting thou art God. 
2 A thousand ages, in their flight, 
With thee are as a fleeting day ; 
Past, present, future, to thy sight 
At ®ace their various scenes display. » 



E 



3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream, 
A passing thought, that soon is o'er, — 
That fades with morning's earliest beam, 
And fills the musing mind no more. 

4 To us, Lord, the wisdom give, 
Each passing moment so to spend, 
That we at length with thee may live 
Where life and bliss shall never end. 



All-svfficiency of His grace. 



509 

HO ! every one that thirsts, draw nigh n 
'Tis God invites the fallen race : 
Mercy and free salvation buy, — 
Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace. 

2 Come to the living waters, come ! 
Sinners, obey your Maker's call ; 
Return, ye weary wand'rers, home, 
And find his grace is free for all. 

3 See from the Rock a fountain rise ; 
For you in healing streams it rolls ; 
Money ye need not bring, nor price, 
Ye lab'ring, burden' d, sin-sick souls. 

4 Nothing ye in exchange shall give , 
Leave all you have, and are, behind ; 
Frankly the gift of God receive ; 
Pardon and peace in Jesus find. 



The promised Comforter, 



L. M. 



510 

LORD, we believe to us and ours 
The apostolic promise given ; 
We wait the pentecostal powers, — 
The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. 

2 Assembled here with one accord, 
Calmly we wait the promised grace, — 
The purchase of our dying Lord ; 
Come, Holy Ghost, and fill the place. 

3 If every one that asks may find, — 
If still thou dost on sinners fall, — 
Come as a mighty rushing wind ; 
Great grace be now upon us all. 

4 Ah ! leave us not to mourn below, 
Or long for thy return to pine ; 
Now, Lord, the Comforter bestow, 
And fix in us the Guest divine. 

511 

His way is in the sea. L. M. 

LORD of the wide, extensive main. 
Whose power the wind, the sea, controls, 
Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, 
Whose Spirit leads believing souls : 

2 'Tis here thine unknown paths we trace, 
Which dark to human eyes appear ; 
While through the mighty waves we pass, 
Faith only sees that God is here. 

3 Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine ; 
We own thy way is in the sea, 
O'erawed by majesty divine, 

And lost in thine immensity. 

4 Thy wisdom here we learn to' adore ; 
Thine everlasting truth we prove ; 
Amazing heights of boundless power, 
Unfathomable depths of love. 



92 



Hymns. 



512 

Graven on the palms of His hands. L. M. 

JESUS, the Lamb of God, hath, bled ; 
He bore our sins upon the tree ; 
Beneath our curse he bow'd his head ;— 
Tis finish' d ! he hath died for me. 

2 See, where before the throne he stands, 
And pours the all-prevailing prayer ; 
Points to his side, and lifts "his hands, 
And shows that I am graven there. 

£ He ever lives for me to pray ; 
He prays that I with him may reign : 
Amen to what my Lord doth say ; 
Jesus, thou canst not pray in vain. 

513 The new covenant. L. M. 

OGOD, most merciful and true, 
Thy nature to my soul impart ; 
'Stablish with me the cov'nant new, 
And stamp thine image on my heart. 

2 To real holiness restored, 

let me gain my Saviour's mind ; 
And in the knowledge of my Lord, 
Fulness of life eternal find. 

3 Eemember, Lord, my sins no more, 
That them I may no more forget ; 
But, sunk in guiltless shame, adore, 
With speechless wonder, at thy feet. 

4 Overwhelm' d with thy stupendous grace, 

1 shall not in thy presence move ; 
But breathe unutterable praise, 
And rapt'rous awe, and silent love. 

5 Then every murm'ring thought, and 
Expires, in sweet confusion lost : [vain, 
I cannot of my cross complain, — 

1 cannot of my goodness boast. 

6 Pardon' d for all that I have done, 
My mouth as in the dust I hide ; 
And glory give to God alone, — 
My God in Jesus pacified. 

514 Shouting God's praises. L. M. 

MY soul, through my Eedeemer's care, 
Saved from the second death, I feel ; 
Mine eyes from tears of dark despair, 
My feet from falling into hell. 

2 Wherefore to him my feet shall run ; 
My eyes on his perfections gaze ; 

My soul shall live for God alone, 
And all within me shout his praise. 

515 For mourners in Zion. L. M. 

OLET the pris'ners' mournful cries 
As incense in thy sight appear ; 
Their humble wailings pierce the skies, 
If haply they may feel thee near. 
2 The captive exiles make their moans, 
From sin impatient to be free : 
Call home, call home, thy banish'd ones ; 
Lead captive their captivity. 



I 3 Show them the blood that bought their 
The anchor of their steadfast hope, [peace, 

I And bid their guilty terrors cease, 

| And bring the ransom' d pris'ners up. 

I 4 Out of the deep regard their cries ; 
The fallen raise, the mourners cheer ; 
Sun of righteousness, arise, 
And scatter all their doubt and fear. 
5 Pity the day of feeble things ; 
gather ever}' halting soul ; 
And drop salvation from thy wings, 
And make the contrite sinner whole. 

5~l f\ The Minister's prayer : Boldness in 
A,J the Gospel. L. M 

SHALL I, for fear of feeble man, 
The Spirit's course in me restrain i 
Or, un dismay' d in deed and word, 
I Be a true witness of my Lord ? 
I 2 Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I 
i Conceal the word of God Most High ? 
How then before thee shall I dare 
, To stand, or how thine anger bear ? 

3 Shall I, to soothe the' unholy throng, 
; Soften thy truth, or smooth my tongue. 

To gain earth's gilded toys, — or flee 
The cross endured, my Lord, by thee ? 

4 What then is he whose scorn I dread, 
Whose wrath or hate makes me afraid ? 
A man ! an heir of death ! a slave 

To sin ! a bubble on the wave ! 

5 Yea, let men rage ; since thou wilt spread 
Thy shadowing wings around my head : 
Since in all pain thy tender love 

Will still my sure refreshment prove. 

5 1 T Your life is hid with Christ in God. L. >I 

YE faithful souls, who Jesus know, 
If risen indeed with him ye are, 
Superior to the joys below, 
His resurrection's power declare. 

2 Your faith by holy tempers prove : 
By actions show your sins forgiven : 
And seek the glorious things above, 
And follow Christ your head to heaven. 

3 There your exalted Saviour see, 
Seated at" God's right hand again, 
In all his Father's majesty, 

In everlasting pomp to reign. 

4 To him continually aspire, 
Contending for your native place ; 
And emulate the angel choir, 
And only live to love and praise. 

5 For who by Faith your Lord receive, 
Ye nothing seek or want beside ; 
Dead to the world and sin ye live ; 
Your creature-love is crucified. 

6 Your real life, with Christ conceal' d, 
Deep in the Father's bosom lies ; 
And glorious as your Head reveal' d, 
Ye soon shall meet him in the skies. 



Hymns. 



93 



The restoration of Israel. 



L. M. 



518 

ARISE, great God ! and let thy grace 
Shed its glad beams on Jacob's race ; 
Restore the long-lost, scatter' d band, 
And call them to their native land. 

2 Their misery let thy mercy heal ; 
Their trespass hide, their pardon seal ; 
O God of Israel ! hear our prayer, 
And grant them still thy love to share. 

3 How long shall Jacob's offspring prove 
The sad suspension of thy love ? 

Lord, shall thy wrath forever burn ? 
And will thy mercy ne'er return ? 

4 Thy quick'ning Spirit now impart, 
And wake to joy each grateful heart ; 
While Israel's rescued tribes in thee 
Their bliss and full salvation see. 

510 Heavenly bliss in prospect. L. M. 

AEISE, my soul, on wings sublime, 
Above the vanities of time ; 
Let faith now pierce the veil, and see 
The glories of eternity. 

2 Born by a new, celestial birth, 
Why should I grovel here on earth ? 
Why grasp at vain and fleeting toys, 
So near to heaven's eternal joys. 

3 Shall aught beguile me on the road, — 
The narrow road that leads to God ? 

Or can I love this earth so well, 
As not to long with God to dwell ? 

4 To dwell with God, — to taste his love, 
Is the full heaven enjoy'd above : 

The glorious expectation now 
Is heavenly bliss begun below. 

O^O God, tlie nation's guardian. L. M. 

GREAT God ! beneath whose piercing eye 
The earth's extended kingdoms lie : 
Whose fav'ring smile upholds them all, 
Whose anger smites them, and they fall ; — 

2 We bow before thy heavenly throne ; 
Thy power we see — thy greatness own ; 
Yet, cherish'd by thy milder voice, 
Our bosoms tremble and rejoice. 

3 Thy kindness to our fathers shown 
Their children's children long shall own ; 
To thee, with grateful hearts, shall raise 
The tribute of exulting praise. 

4 Led on by thine unerring aid, 
Secure the paths of life we tread ; 
And, freely as the vital air, 

Thy first and noblest bounties share. 

5 Great God, our guardian, guide and 
O still thy shelt'ring arm extend ; [friend ! 
Preserved by thee for ages past, 

For ages let thy kingdom last. 



Evening : Trusting in God. L. M- 

GLOKY to thee, my God, this night, 
For all the blessings of the light : 
Keep me, keep me, King of kings, 
Beneath the shadow of thy wings. 

2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 
The ill which I this day have done ; 
That with the world, myself, and thee, 
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 

3 Teach me to live, that I may dread 
The grave as little as my bed ; 
Teach me to die, that so I may 
Eise glorious at the judgment-day. 

4 let my soul on thee repose, 

And may "sweet sleep mine eyelids close ; 
Sleep, which shall me more vig'rous make. 
To serve my God, when I awake. 

5 Lord, let my soul forever share 
The bliss of thy paternal care : 

'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above, 
To see thy face, and sing thy love. 

522 

Solemn reverence. L. M. 

ETERNAL Power, whose high abode 
Becomes the grandeur of a God : 
Infinite lengths beyond the bounds 
Where stars revolve their little rounds *. 

2 Thee while the first archangel sings, 
He hides his face behind his wings : 
And ranks of shining thrones around 
Fall worshipping, and spread the ground. 

3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do ? 
We would adore our Maker too ; 
From sin and dust to thee we cry, 
The Great, the Holy, and the High. 

4 Earth, from afar, hath heard thy fame, 
And worms have learn' d to lisp thy name; 
But ! the glories of thy mind 

Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 

5 God is in heaven, and men below : 
Be short our tunes ; our words be few : 
A solemn reverence checks our songs, 
And praise sits silent on our tongues. 

523 True worship everywhere accepted. L, M, 

OTHOU, to whom, in ancient time, 
The psalmist's sacred harp was strung*. 
Whom kings adored in song sublime. 
And prophets praised with glowing tongue 

2 Not now on Zion's height alone 
The favour' d worshipper may dwell, 
Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son 
Sat weary by the patriarch's well. 

3 From every place below the skies, 
The grateful song, the fervent prayer, 
The incense of the heart, may rise 
To heaven, and find acceptance there. 

4 O thou, to whom, in ancient time, 
The holy prophet's harp was strung ; 
To thee, at last, in every clime, 

Shall temples rise, and praise be sung. 



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Hymns. 



HOLY, and true, and righteous Lord, 
I wait to prove thy perfect will : 
Be mindful of thy gracious word, 
And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal. 

2 Open my faith's interior eye : 
Display thy glory from above ; 
And ail I am shall sink and die, 
Lost in astonishment and love. 

3 Confound, o'erpower me by thy grace ; 

1 would be by myself abhorr'd ; 
All might, all majesty, all praise, 
All glory, be to Christ my Lord. 

4 Now let me gain perfection's height ; ' 
Now let me into nothing fall, 
As less than nothing in 'thy sight, 
And feel that Christ is all in all. 

525 The inevitable doom. L. M. 

TREMENDOUS God, with humble tear, 
Prostrate before thy awful throne, 
The word unchangeable we hear — 
Thy so v' reign righteousness we own. 

2 'Tis fit we should to dust return, 
Since such the will of God Most High ; 
In sin conceived, to trouble born, 
Born to lament, and toil, and die. 

3 Submissive to thy just decree, 
We all shall soon from earth remove ; 
But when thou sendest, Lord, for me, 
O let the messenger be love. 

4 Whisper thy love into my heart ; 
Warn me of my approaching end ; 
And then I joyfully depart, 
And then I to thy arms ascend. 

5 26 Peace, love, purity. L. M. 

WHEN first the Spirit left the throne, 
He took the semblance of a dove ; 
A symbol chosen to make known 
His "peace, and purity, and love. 

2 When next, at Pentecost, he came, 
He stood confess' d to mortal sight 
Within the cloven tongue of fiame, — 
The type of freedom, guidance, light. 

3 Vouchsafe, celestial Dove, thy peace. 
That we at perfect peace may be ; 
Within our hearts thy love increase, — 
Within our thoughts', thy purity. 

4 O Light divine ! direct our feet, 
Which long in error's paths have trod ; 
Our prison'd souls with freedom greet 
Convince of sin, and lead to God. 

Sown in weakness, raised in glory. L. M 

THE morning flowers display their sweets. 
And gay their silken leaves unfold. 
As careless of the noontide heats, 
As fearless of the evening cold. 



2 Nipp'd by the wind's untimely blast, 
Parch'd by the sun's directer ray, 

The momentary glories waste, 
The short-lived beauties die away. 

3 So blooms the human face divine, 
When youth its pride of beauty shows ; . 
Fairer than spring the colours shine, 
And sweeter than the virgin rose. 

4 Or worn by slowly-rolling years, 
Or broke by sickness in a day, 
The fading glory disappears, 

The short-lived beauties die away. 
« 5 Yet these, new rising from the tomb, 

With lustre brighter far shall shine, 
! Revive, with ever-during bloom, 

Safe from diseases and decline. 

6 Let sickness blast, let death devour, 

If heaven must recompense our pains ; 

Perish the grass, and tade the flower, 

If firm theVord of God remains. 

I 

F° r the success of ministers. L. M. 

FATHER of mercies, bow thine ear, 
Attentive to our earnest prayer : 
; We plead for those who plead for thee : 
! Successful pleaders may they be. 
j 2 O clothe their words with power divine, 
And let those words be ever thine, 
j To them thy sacred truth reveal ; 
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 

3 Teach them to sow the precious seed ; 
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed ; 

j Teach them immortal souls to gain, — 
And thus reward their toil and pain. 

4 Let thronging multitudes around 

: Plear from their lips the joyful sound ; 
; In humble strains thy grace implore, 
j And feel thy Spirit's living power. 

' Pfc^Q The Minister's prayer : Christ's 

constraining love. L. M. 



SAVIOUR of men, thy searching eye, 
Doth all mine inmost thoughts descry ; 
\ Doth aught on earth my wishes raise, 
| Or the world's pleasures, or its praise ? 
; 2 The love of Christ doth me constrain 
| To seek the wand'ring souls of men ; 
With cries, entreaties, tears, to save,- 
To snatch them from the gaping grave 
| 3 For this let men revile my name ; 
! No cross I shun, I fear no shame : 
All hail, reproach ; and welcome, pain ; 
■ Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain, 
j 4 My life, my blood, I here present, 
If for thy truth they may be spent ; 
Fulfil thy sov'reign counsel, Lord ; 
| Thy will be done, thy Name adored. 
! 5 Give me thy strength, God of power, 
5 Then let winds blow, or thunders roar, 
Thy faithful witness will I be : 
'Tis fix'd' I can do all through thee. 



Hymns. 



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530 T ^ ie acce Pt €( l time. L. M. 

WHILE life prolongs its precious light, 
Mercy is found, and peace is given ; 
But soon, ah, soon, approaching night 
Shall blot out every hope of heaven. 

2 While God invites, how blest the day ! 
How sweet the Gospel's charming sound ! 
Come, sinners, haste, haste away. 
While yet a pard'ning God is found. 

3 Soon, borne on time's most rapid wing, 
Shall death command you to the grave, — 
Before His bar your spirits bring, 

And none be found to hear or save. 

4 In that lone land of deep despair, 

No Sabbath's heavenly light shall rise, — 
No God regard your bitter prayer, 
No Saviour call you to the skies. 

5 Now God invites ; how blest the day ! 
How sweet the Gospel's charming sound ! 
Come, sinners, haste, haste away, 
While yet a pard'ning God is found. 

KQ1 The Saviour's coming expected and 

prayed for. L. M. 

JESUS ! thy church, with longing eyes, 
" For thine expected coming waits : 
When will the promised light arise, 
And glory beam on Zion's gates ? 

2 E'en now, when tempests round us fall, 
And wintry clouds o'ercast the sky, 

Thy words with pleasure we recall, 
And deem that our redemption's nigh. 

3 O ! come, and reign o'er every land ; 
Let Satan from his throne be hurl'd, — 
All nations bow to thy command, 
And grace revive a dying world. 

4 Teach us, in watchfulness and prayer, 
To wait for thine appointed hour ; 
And fit us, by thy grace, to share 

The triumphs of thy conqu'ring power. 

533 

Trial and faith of Abraham. L. M. 

ABRAHAM, when severely tried, 
His faith by his obedience show'd ; 
He with the harsh command complied, 
And gave his Isaac back to God. 

2 His son the father offer' d up, — 
Son of his age, his only son ; 
Object of all his joy and hope, 
And less beloved than God alone. 

3 for a faith like his, that we 
The bright example may pursue ; 
May gladly give up all to thee, 

To whom our more than all is due. 

4 Is there a thing than life more dear ? 
A thing from which we cannot part ? 
We can ; we now rejoice to tear 

The idol from our bleeding heart. 

5 Jesus, accept our sacrifice : 

All things for thee we count but loss ; 
Lo ! at thy word our idol dies, — 
Dies on the altar of thy cross. 



6 For what to thee, Lord, we give, 
A hundred-fold we here obtain ; 
And soon with thee shall all receive, 
And loss shall be eternal gain. 

533 Importunate supplication. L. M, 

GOD of my life, what just return 
Can sinful dust and ashes give ? 

1 only live my sin to mourn : 
To love my God I only live. 

2 To thee, benign and savl?$g r Power, 
I consecrate my lengthen'd days- ; 
While, mark'd with blessings',- every hour ! 
Shall speak thy co-extended praise. 

3 Be all my added life employ' d 
Thine image in my soul to see : 
Fill with thyself the mighty void ;: 
Enlarge my heart to compass thee. 

4 The blessing of thy love bestow ; 
For this my cries shall never fail ; 
Wrestling, I will not let thee go, — 

1 will not, till my suit prevail. 

5 Come, then, my Hope, my Life, my Lord, 
And fix in me thy lasting home ; 

Be mindful of thy gracious word — 
Thou, with thy promised Father, come. 

6 Prepare, and then possess my heart : 
take me, seize me from above ; 
Thee may I love, for God thou art ; 
Thee may I feel ; for God is love i 

534: An Advocate with the Father. L. M. 

JESUS, my Advocate above, 
My friend before the throne of love, 
If now for me prevails thy prayer, 
If now I find thee pleading there, — 

2 If thou the secret wish convey, 

And sweetly prompt my heart to pray, — 
Hear, and my weak petitions join, 
Almighty Advocate, to thine. 

3 Jesus, my heart's desire obtain ; 
My earnest suit present, and gain : 
My fulness of corruption show ; 
The knowledge of myself bestow. 

4 Save me from death ; from hell set frea 
Death, hell, are but the want of thee : 
My life, my only heaven thou art; — 

might I feel thee in my heart. 

535 The a 9 ed disciple's prayer. L. M. 

FOREWARN'D by my Redeemer's love, 
I soon shall lay this body down ; 
But ere my soul from earth remove, 
O may I put thine image on. 

2 Saviour ! thy meek and lowly mmd 
Be to thine aged servant given ; 
And glad I'll drop this tent, to find 
My everias&ng home in heaven. 



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Hymns. 



£>3(3 l° v i n 9 kindness is better than life. L. M. 

OGOD, thou art my God alone , 
Early to thee my soul shall cry ; 
A pilgrim in a land unknown, — 
A thirsty land, whose springs are dry. 

2 Thee, in the watches of the night, 
When I remember on my bed, 

Thy presence makes the darkness light ; 
Thy guardian wings are round my head. 

3 Better than life itself, thy love : 
Dearer than all beside to me ; 

For whom have I in heaven above, 

Or what on earth, compared with thee ? 

4 Praise with my heart, my mind, my voice, 
For all thy mercy I will give ; 

My soul shall still in God rejoice,— 
My tongue shall bless thee while I live. 

«) 3 T Incomprehensibly glorious. L. M. 

GOD is a Name my soul adores, — 
The' almighty Three, the' eternal One : 
Nature and grace, with all their powers, 
Confess the Infinite Unknown. 

2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres ; 
Bade the waves roar, the planets shine ; 
But nothing like thyself appears 
Through all these spacious works of thine. 

3 Still restless nature dies and grows : 
From change to change the creatures run : 
Thy being no succession knows, 

And all thy vast designs are one. 

4 A glance of thine runs through the globe, 
Rules the bright worlds, and moves their 

frame ; 

Of light thou form'st thy dazzling robe ; 
Thy ministers are living flame. 

5 How shall polluted mortals dare 
To sing thy glory or thy grace ? 
Beneath thy feet we lie afar, 
And see but shadows of thy face. 

6 Who can behold the blazing lght ? 
Who can approach consuming flame ? 
None but thy wisdom knows "thy might; 
None but thy word can speak thy name. 

538 The severed olive-brancTu L. M. 

j" ORD, visit thy forsaken race : 
*J Back to thy fold the wand'rers bring \ 
Teach them to seek thy slighted grace, 
And hail in Christ their promised King. 

2 That veil of darkness rend in twain, 
Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light; 
That sever' d olive-branch again 

Firm to its parent-stock unite. 

3 Hail, glorious day — expected long S 
When Jew and Greek one prayer shall 

pour ; 

With eager feet one temple throng, — 
With grateful praise one Gor^adore. 



530 Labourers together with God. L. M. 

THUS saith the Lord— 'tis God com- 
mands ; 

Workers with God, the charge obey* 
Remove whate'er his work withstands,— 
Frepare, prepare his people's way. 

2 Lift up, for all mankind to see, 
The standard of their Saviour God, 
And point them to the shameful tree,— 
The cross, all stain'd with hallow'd blood. 

3 Himself prepares his people's hearts,— 

j Breaks and binds up, and woundsand heal* 
i A mystic death and life imparts ; 
Empties the full, the emptied fills : 

4 He fills whom first he hath prepar'd ; 
With him the perfect grace is given : 
Himself is here our great reward, — 
Our future and our present heaven. 



540 Infinite in wisdom. L. M 

PRAISE ye the Lord ! 'tis good to raise 
Your hearts and voices in his praise : 
j His nature and his works invite 
| To make this duty our delight. 
| 2 He form'd the stars, those heavenly 
names ; 

| He counts their numbers, calls their names; 
His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, — 
A deep where all our thoughts are drown' d. 
i 3 Sing to the Lord ! exalt him high, 
! Who spreads the clouds along the sky ; 
; There he prepares the fruitful rain, 
| Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 
| 4 He makes the grass the hills adorn 
He clothes the smiling fields with corn.; 
The beasts with food his hands supply, 
And the young ravens when they cry." 

5 What is the creature's skill or force? 
The sprightly man, or warlike horse ? 
The piercing wit, the active hmb ? 

All are too mean delights for him. 

6 But saints are lovely in his sight; 
He views his children with delight; 

He sees their hope, he knows their fear, 
He looks, and loves his image there. 

54:1 The commission. L. Ma 

GO, preach my Gospel, saith the Lord, — 
Bid the whole world my grace receive ; 
He shall be saved who trusts my word, 
And he condemn' d who won't believe. 

2 I'll make your great commission known ; 
And ye shall prove my Gospel true, 

By all the works that I have done, 
By all the wonders ye shall do. 

3 Teach all the nations my commands, — 
I'm with you till the world shall end ; 
All power is trusted in my hands, — 

I can destroy, and I defend. 



Hymns. 



97 



5 4: 3 The hidings of the Father's face. L. M. 

FROM Calvary a cry was heard,— 
A bitter and heart-rending cry, 
My Saviour ! every mournful word 
Bespeaks thy soul's deep agony. 

2 A horror of great darkness fell 
On thee, thou spotless, holy One ! 
And all the swarming hosts of hell 
Conspired to tempt God's onl Son. 

3 The scourge, the thorns, the deep dis- 

grace, — 

These thou couldst bear, nor once repine ; 
But when Jehovah veil'd his face, 
Unutterable pangs were thine. 

4 Let the dumb world its silence break; 
Let pealing anthems rend the sky ; 
Awak:e, my sluggish soul, awake ! 

He died, that we might never die. 

5 Lord ! on thy cross I fix mine eye : 
If e'er I lose its strong control, 

let that dying, piercing cry, 

Melt and reclaim my wand'ring soul. 

04:3 The Physician needed. L. M. 

OTHOU, whom once they flock'd to hear, 
Thy words to hear, thy power to feel, — 
Suffer a sinner to draw near, 
And graciously receive me still. 
2_They that be whole, thyself hast said, 
IS o need of a physician have ; 
But I am sick, and want thine aid, 
And wait thine utmost power to save. 

3 Thy power, and truth, and love divine, 
The same from age to age endure : 

A word, a gracious word of thine, 
The most invet'rate plague can cure. 

4 Helpless howe'er my spirit lies, 
And long hath languish'd at the pool : 
A word of thine shall make it rise, 
And speak me in a moment whole. 

544 Glorying only in the cross. L. M. 

TX7HEN I survey the wondrous cross 
»» On which the Prince of glory died, 
My richest gain I count but loss, 
And pour contempt on all my pride. 

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 
Save in the death of Christ, my God ; 
All the vain things that charm me most, 

1 sacrifice them to his blood. 

3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet, I 
Sorrow and love flow mingled down : i 
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, 

Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine 
That were a present far too small ; 
Love so amazing, so divine, 
Demands my soul, my life, my all. 



545 The bliss of assurance. L. M. 

LORD, how secure and blest are they 
Who feel the joys of pardon' d sin ; 
Should storms of wrath shake earth and 
sea, 

Their minds have heaven and peace within. 

2 The day glides sweetly o'er their heads, 
Made up of innocence and love ; 

And soft, and silent as the shades, 
Their nightly minutes gently move. 

3 Quick as their thoughts, their joys come 
But fly not half so swift away ; [on, 
Their souls are ever bright as noon, 
And calm as summer evenings be. 

4 How oft they look to the' heavenly hills, 
Where groves of living pleasure grow ; 
And longing hopes, and cheerful smiles, 
Sit undisturb'd upon their brow. 

5 They scorn to seek earth's golden toys, 
But spend the day, and share the night, 
In numb'ring o'er the richer joys 

That Heaven prepares for their delight. 

546 For the Spirit's guidance. L. }>L 

JESUS, my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
On whom I cast my every care, 
On whom for all things I depend, — 
Inspire, and then accept, my prayer. 

2 If I have tasted of thy grace, — 
The graee that sure salvation brings ; 
If with me now thy Spirit stays, 
And, hov'ring, hides me in his wings. 

3 Still let him with my weakness stay, 
Nor for a moment's space depart ; 
Evil and danger turn away, 

And keep, till he renews, my heart. 

4 If to the ri^ht or left I stray, 
His voice behind me may I hear, — 
Return, and walk in Christ, thy way ; 
Fly back to Christ, for sin is near ! 

:547 The vow sealed at the cross L. M. 

T ORD, I am thine, entirely thine, 

Purchased and saved by blood divine ; 
With full consent thine I would be, 
And own thy sov'reign right in me. 

2 Grant one poor sinner more a place 
Among the children of thy grace ; 

A wretched sinner, lost to' God, 
But ransom' d by Immanuel's blood. 

3 Thine would I live — thine would I die r 
Be thine through all eternity ; 

The vow is past beyond repeal, 
And now I set the solemn seal. 

4 Here, at that cross where flows the blood 
That bought my guilty soul for God, — 
Thee, my new Master, now I call, 

And consecrate to thee my all. 

5 Do thou assist a feeble worm 
The great engagement to perform ; 
Thy grace can full assistance lend, 
And on that grace I dare depend. 



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Hymns. 



^ ^ £ou£s perishing for lack of knowledge. L. M. 

SHEPHERD of souls, with pitying eye 
The thousands of our Israel see ; 
To thee in their behalf we cry, — 
Ourselves but newly found in thee ; 

2 See where o'er desert wastes they err, 
And neither food nor feeder have, 
Nor fold, nor place of refuge near, 
For no man cares their souls to save. 

3 Thy people, Lord, are sold for naught, 
Nor know they their Eedeemer nigh : 
They perish, whom thyself hast bought ; 
Their souls for lack of knowledge die. 

4 The pit its mouth hath open'd wide, 
To swallow up its careless prey : 
Why should they die, when thou hast died — 
Hast died to bear their sins away? 

5 Why should the foe thy purchase seize ? 
Remember, Lord, thy dying groans : 
The meed of all thy sufferings these ; 
elaim them for thy ransom'd ones ! 

549 Jesus reigns. L. M 

COME, let us tune our loftiest song, 
And raise to Christ our joyful strain ; 
Worship and thanks to Him belong, 
Who reigns, and shall forever reign. 

2 His sov'reign power our bodies made ; 
Our souls are his immortal breath ; 
And when his creatures sinn'd, he bled, 
To save us from eternal death. 

3 Burn every breast with J esus' love ; 
Bound every heart with rapt'rous joy ; 
And saints on earth, with saints above, 
Your voices in his prai*^ employ. 

4 Extol the Lamb wii^ jftiest song, 
Ascend for him our cheerfal strain ; 
Worship and thanks to Him belong, 
Who reigns, and shall forever reign. 



PL PI ~l Morning : Sacrifice of praise and 

prayer. L. M. 

AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
Thy daily stage of duty run ; 
Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise 
To pay thy morning sacrifice. 

2 W T ake, and lift up thyself, my heart, 
And with the angels bear thy part, 
Who all night long unwearied sing 
High praises to the' eternal King. 

3 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept, 
And hast refresh' d me while I slept : 
Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wak^ 
1 may of endless life partake. 

4 Lord, I my vows to thee renew , 
Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 
Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
And with thyself my spirit fill. 

5 Direct, control, suggest, this day, 
All I design, or do, or say ; 

That all my powers, with all their might, 
| In thy sole glory may unite. 

553 Not ashamed of Jesus. L. M. 

JESUS, and shall it ever be^ 
A mortal man ashamed of thee ! 
| Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, — 

Whose glories shine through endless days. 
I 2 Ashamed of Jesus ! — that dear Friend 
! On whom my hopes of heaven depend ; 
No ! — when I blush, be this my shame, — 
I That I no more revere his Name. 
! 3 Ashamed of Jesus, — yes, I may, 
I When I've no guilt to wash away ; 
! No tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
| No fears to quell, no soul to save. 
: 4 Till then — nor is my boasting vain — 
| Till then, I boast a Saviour slain ; 
And 0, may this my glory be, — 
That Christ is not ashamed of me. 



Christ 's presence makes death easy. L. M 



550 

U7HY should we start, and fear to die ? 

" What tim'rous worms we mortals are ! 
Death is the gate to endless joy, 
And yet we dread to enter there. 

2 The pains, the groans, the dying strife, 
Fright our approaching souls away ; 
And we shrink back again to life, 
Fond of our prison and our clay. 

3 would my Lord his servant meet, 
My soul would stretch her wings in haste, 
Fly fearless through death's iron gate, 
Nor feel the terrors as she pass'd. 

4 Jesus can make a dymg bed 
Feel soft as downy pillows are, 
While on his breast I lean my head, 
And breathe my life out sweetly there, 



553 For the peace of Jerusalem. L. M 

OTHOU, our Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
Behold a cloud of incense rise ; 
| The prayers of saints to heaven ascend, 
| Grateful, accepted sacrifice. 
' 2 Regard our prayers for Zion's peace ; 
j Shed in our hearts thy love abroad ; 
I Thy gifts abundantly increase ; 
I Enlarge, and fill us all with God. 
| 3 Before thy sheep, great Shepherd, go, 
I And guide into thy perfect will : 
Cause us thy hallow'd name to know ; 
The work of faith in us fulfil. 

4 Help us to make our calling sure ; 
let us all be saints indeed, 

And pure, as thou thyself art pure, — 
Conform' d in all things to our Head. 

5 Take the dear purchase of thy blood ; — 
Thy blood shall wash us white as snow, 
Present us sanctified to God, 

And perfected in love below. 



Hymns. 



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554 Anticipating the heavenly Sabbath. L. M. 

LORD of the Sabbath, hear us pray, 
In this thy house, on this thy day ; 
And own, as grateful sacrifice, 
The songs which from thy servants rise. 

2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, 
But there's a nobler rest above ; 

To that our lab'ring souls aspire, 
With ardent hope and strong desire. 

3 No more fatigue, no more distress, 
Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place ; 
No sighs shall mingle with the songs, 
Which warble from immortal tongues. 

4 No rude alarms of raging foes ; 
No cares to break the long repose ; 
No midnight shade, no clouded sun ; 
But sacred, high, eternal noon. 

5 O long-expected day, begin ; 
Dawn on these realms of woe and sin : 
Fain would we leave this weary road, 
And sleep in death, to rest with God. 

555 Immanuel, God with us. L. M. 

ETEENAL depth of love divine, 
In Jesus, God with us, display' d; 
How bright thy beaming glories shine ! 
How wide thy healing streams are spread ! 

2 With whom dost thou delight to dwell? 
Sinners, a vile and thankless race ! 

God, what tongue aright can tell 
How vast thy love, how great thy grace ? 

3 The dictates of thy sov'reign will 
With joy our grateful hearts receive ; 
All thy delight in us fulfil ; 

Lo, all we are to thee we give. 

4 To thy sure love, thy tender care, 
. Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign ; 

O fix thy sacred presence there, 
And seal the' abode forever thine. 

Pfc Pfc (\ My heart is fixed : O God, my heart 
U'JIJ is fixed. L. M. 

MY heart is fix'd on thee, my God ; 

I rest my hope on thee alone ; 
I'll spread thy sacred truths abroad, — 
To all mankind thy love make known. 

2 Awake, my tongue ; awake, my lyre ; 
With morning's earliest dawn arise ; 
To songs of joy my soul inspire, 

And swell your music to the skies. 

3 With those who in thy grace abound, 
To thee I'll raise my thankful voice ; 
Till every land, the earth around, 
Shall hear, and in thy Name rejoice. 

4 Eternal God, celestial King, 
Exalted be thy glorious Name ; 

Let hosts in heaven thy praises sing, 
And saints on earth; thy love proclaim. 



557 The dreadful day. L. M. 

THE day of wrath, that dreadful day, 
When heaven and earth shall pass away ! 
What power shall be the sinner's stay ? 
How shall he meet that dreadful day — 
2 When, shriv'ling like a parched scroll, 
The flaming heavens together roll ; 
And, louder yet, and yet more dread, 
Swells the high trump that wakes the 



3 0, on that day, that wrathful day, 
When man to judgment wakes from clay, 
Be thou, Christ, the sinner's stay, 
Though heaven and earth shall pass away. 

558 The riches of His grace. L. M. 

WHAT am I, O thou glorious God ! 
" And what my father's house to thee, 
That thou such mercy hast bestow'd 
On me, the vilest reptile, me ? 

2 Me, in my blood, thy love pass'd by, 
And stopp'd my ruin to retrieve ; 
Wept o'er my soul thy pitying eye ; 
Thy bowels yearn'd and sounded, — Live ! 

3 Dying, I heard the welcome sound, 
Eeceived the blessing from above, 
And pardon in thy mercy found, 
Astonish' d at thy boundless love. 

4 Honour, and might, and thanks, and 

1 render to my pard'ning God ; [praise, 
Extol the riches of thy grace, 

And spread thy saving name abroad. 

5 I magnify thy gracious power, 
And all within me shouts thy Name ; 
Thy Name let every soul adore ; 
Thy power let every tongue proclaim. 

559 The Saviour seen in the Scriptures. L. M. 

NOW let my soul, eternal King, 
To thee its grateful tribute bring ; 
My knee, with humble homage, bow ; 
My tongue perform its solemn vow. 

2 All nature sings thy boundless love, 
In worlds below, and worlds above ; 
But in thy blessed word I trace 
Diviner wonders of thy grace. 

3 There, what delightful truths I read ! 
There, I behold the Saviour bleed : 
His name salutes my list'ning ear, 
Eevives my heart, and checks my fear. 

4 There Jesus bids my sorrows cease, 
And gives my lab'ring conscience peace ; 
Eaises my grateful thoughts on high, 
And points to mansions in the sky. 

5 For love like this, let my song, 
Through endless years, thy praise prolong ; 
Let distant climes thy Name adore, 

Till time and nature are no more. 



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Hymns. 



560 Evening : Memorials of His grace. L. M. 

THUS far the Lord hath led me on, — 
Thus far his power prolongs my days ; 
And every evening shall make known 
Some fresh memorial of his grace. 

2 Much of my time has run to waste, 
And I, perhaps, am near my home : 
But he forgives my lollies past, 

And gives me strength for days to come. 

3 I lay my body down to sleep ; 
Peace is the pillow for my head ; 
While well-appointed angels keep 
Their watchful stations round my bed. 

'4 Thus, when the night of death shall come, 
My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, 
And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, 
With sweet salvation in the sound. 

561 One fold and one Shepherd. L. M. 

GIVEE of peace and unity, 
Send down thy mild, pacific Dove ; 
We all shall then in one agree, 
And breathe the spirit of thy love. 

2 We all shall think and speak the same 
Delightful lesson of thy grace : 

One undivided Christ proclaim, 
And jointly glory in thy praise. 

3 let us take a softer mould, 
Blended and gather'd into thee ; 
Under one Shepherd make one fold, 
Where all is love and harmony. 

4 Eegard thine own eternal prayer, 
And send a peaceful answer down : 
To us thy Father's Name declare ; 
Unite and perfect us in one. 

5 So shall the world believe and know 
That God hath sent thee from above, 
When thou art seen in us below, 
And every soul displays thy love. 

562 Design of prayer. L. M. 

PEAYEE is appointed to convey 
The blessings God designs to give : 
Long as they live should Christians pray ; 
They learn to pray when first they live. 

2 If pain afflict, or wrongs oppress ; 
If cares distract, or fears dismay ; 
If guilt deject ; if sin distress ; 

In every case, still watch and pray. 

3 'Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak : 
Though thought be broken, language lame, 
Bray, if thou canst or canst not speak ; 
But pray with faith in Jesus' name. 

4 Depend on him ; thou canst not fail ; 
Make all thy wants and wishes known ; 
Fear not ; his merits must prevail : 
Ask but in faith, it shall be done. 



563 The gospel feast. L. JVL 

COME, sinners, to the gospel feast ; 
Let every soul be Jesus' guest ; 
Ye need not one be left behind, 
For God hath bidden all mankind. 

2 Sent by my Lord, on you I call ; 
The invitation is to all : — 

Come all the world ! come, sinner, thou ! 
All things in Christ are ready now. 

3 Come, all ye souls by sin oppress'd, 
Ye restless wand'rers after rest ; 

Ye poor, and maim'd, and halt, and blind 
In Christ a hearty welcome find. 

4 My message as from God receive ; 
Ye all may come to Christ and live : 
O let his love your hearts constrain, 
Nor suffer him to die in vain. 

5 See him set forth before your eyes, 
That precious, bleeding sacrifice : 
His offer' d benefits embrace, 

And freely now be saved by grace. 

564 Filial confidence and joy. L>. M. 

GEEAT God, indulge my humble claim, 
Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest ; 
The glories that compose thy name 
Stand all engaged to make me blest. 

2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, 
Thou art my Father and my God ; 

And I am thine by sacred ties, — 

Thy son, thy servant bought with blood. 

3 With heart and eyes, and lifted hands, 
For thee I long, to thee I look ; 

As travellers in thirsty lands 
Pant for the cooling water-brook. 

4 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, . 
While I have breath to pray or praise : 
This work shall make my heart rejoice, 
And fill the remnant of my days. 

565 Pledge of endless rest. L. M. 

RETUEN, my soul, enjoy thy rest ; 
Improve the day thy God hath blest : 
Another six days' work is done ; 
Another Sabbath is begun. 

2 that our thoughts and thanks may rise, 
As grateful incense to the skies ; 

And draw from Christ that sweet repose, 
Which none but he that feels it knows. 

3 This heavenly calm within the breast, 
Is the dear pledge of glorious rest 
Which for the Church of God remains, 
The end of cares, the end of pains. 

4 In holy duties, let the day, 
In holy comforts, pass away ; 

How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend, 
In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 



Hymns. 



101 



500 Morning <md evening mercies. L M. 



M 



Y God, how endless is thy love ; 
- Thy gifts are every evening new ; 
And morning mercies from above, 
Gently descend like early dew. 

2 Thou spread' st the curtains of the night, 
Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; 
Thy sov'reign word restores tiie light, 
And quickens all my drowsy powers. 

3 I yield myself to thy command ; 
To thee devote my nights and days ; 
Perpetual blessings from thy hand 
Demand perpetual songs of praise. 

SOT For %lxe fi re °f divine love. L. M. 

OTHOU who earnest from above, 
The pure celestial fire to' impart, 
Kindle a flame of sacred love, 
On the mean altar of my heart. 

2 There let it for thy glory burn, 
With inextinguishable blaze ; 

And trembling to its Source return, 
In humble love and fervent praise. 

3 Jesus, confirm my heart's desire, 

To work, and speak, and think for thee ; 
Still let me guard the holy fire, 
And still stir up thy gift in me. 

4 Eeady for all thy perfect will, 
My acts of faith and love repeat, 
Till death thy endless mercies seal, 
And make the sacrifice complete. 



568 



Night 



L. M. 



THEE, in the watches of the night, 
Do I not, Lord, remember still, 
And meditate with calm delight 
Upon the counsels of thy will ? 

2 Thy will is my # perfection here ; 
And sighs for this, my whole desire, 
To' attain that heavenly character, 
And spotless in thine arms expire. 

500 Grace, pardon, life. L. M. 

FATHER of heaven, whose love profound 
A ransom for our souls hath found, 
Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
To us thy pard'ning love extend. 

2 Almighty Son, incarnate Word, 
Our Prophet, Priest, Eedeemer, Lord, 
Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
To us thy saving grace extend. 

3 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath 
The soul is raised from sin and death, 
Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
To us thy quick' ning power extend. 



4 Jehovah ! Father, Spirit, Son, 
Mysterious Godhead ! Three in One ! 
Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. 

570 Lulcewarmness. L. M. 

QOD of unspotted purity, 
" Us, and our works, canst thou behold ? 
Justly are they abhorr'd by thee, 
Whose works are neither hot nor cold. 

2 Better that we had never known 

The way to heaven, through saving grace, 
Than basely in our lives disown, 
And slight and mock thee to thy face. 

3 O let us our own works forsake ; 
Ourselves and all we have deny : 
Thy condescending counsel take ; 
And come to thee, pure gold to buy. 

4 may we through thy grace attain 
The faith thou never wilt reprove : — 
The faith that purges every stain, — 
The faith that always works by love. 

5 T 1 Original and actual sin. L. M- 

LORD, we are vile, conceived in sin, 
And bom unholy and unclean ; 
Sprung from the man whose guilty fall 
Corrupts his race, and taints us all. 

2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, 
The seeds of sin grow up for death ; 
Thy law demands a perfect heart, 
But we're defiled in every part. 

3 Behold, we fall before thy face ; 
Our only refuge is thy grace : 

No outward forms can make us clean ; 
The leprosy lies deep within. 

4 Nor bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, 
Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, 
Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, 
Can wash the dismal stain away. 

5 Jesus, thy blood, thy blood alone, 
Hath power sufficient to atone ; 

Thy blood can make us white as snow, 
No Jewish types could cleanse us so. 

6 While guilt disturbs and breaks our 

peace, 

Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease : 
Lord, let us hear thy pard'ning voice, 
And make these broken hearts rejoice. 

5 H 3 Sustaining grace prayed for. L. M. 

TAUGHT by our Lord, we will not pray 
Out of the world to be removed ; 
But keep us, in our evil day, 
Till patient faith is fully proved. 
2 From sin, the world, and Satan's snare, 
The members of thy Son defend, 
Till all thy character we bear, 
And grace matured in glory end. 



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Hymns. 



573 God's presence with his people. L. M. 

WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, 
Out from the land of bondage came, 
Her father's God before her moved, 
An awful guide, in smoke and flame. 

2 By day, along the astonish' d lands 
The cloudy pillar glided slow ; 

By night, Arabia's crimson sands 
Return' d the fiery column's glow. 

3 Thus present still, though now unseen, 
When brightly shines the prosp'rous day, 
Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen, 

To temper the deceitful ray. 

4 And 0, when gathers on our path, 
In shade and storm, the frequent night, 
Be thou, long-sulPring, slow to wrath, 
A burning and a shining light. 

574 Wisdom, justice, truth. L. M 

THINE, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone ! 
Justice and truth before thee stand : 
Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, 
Mercy withholds thy lifted hand. 

2 Each evening shows thy tender love ; 
Each rising morn thy plenteous grace : 
Thy waken' d wrath doth slowly move ; 
Thy willing mercy flies apace. 

3 To thy benign, indulgent care, 
Father, this light, this breath we owe ; 
And all we have, and all we are, 
From thee, great Source of being, flow. 

4 Thrice Holy ! thine the kingdom is, 
The power omnipotent is thine ; 
And when created nature dies, 

Thy never-ceasing glories shine. 

575 Rejoicing in the glory of His grace. L. M. 

GLORY to God, whose sov'reign grace 
Hath animated senseless stones, — 
Call'd us to stand before his face, 
And raised us into Abrah'm's sons. 



2 The people that in darkness lay, 
In sin and error's deadly shade, 
Have seen a glorious gospel-day 
In Jesus' lovely face display' d. 

3 Thou only, Lord, the work hast done, 
And bared thine arm in all our sight ; 
Hast made the reprobates thine own, 
And claim'd the outcasts as thy right. 

4 Thy single arm, almighty Lord, 
To us the great salvation brought ; 
Thy Word, thy all-creating Word, 
That spake at first the world from naught. 

5 For this the saints lift up their voice, 
And ceaseless praise to thee is given ; 
For this the hosts above rejoice, 
And praise thee in the highest heaven. 



576 Christ, the good Physician. L. M. 

JESUS, thy far-extended fame 
My drooping soul exults to hear ; 
Thy Name, thy all-restoring Name, 
Is music in a sinner's ear. 

2 Sinners of old thou didst receive 
With comfortable words, and kind ; 
Their sorrows cheer, their wants relieve, 
Heal the diseased, and cure the blind. 

3 And art thou not the Saviour still, 
In every place and age the same ? 
Hast thou forgot thy gracious skill, 
Or lost the virtue of thy name ? 

4 Faith in thy changeless name I have : 
The good, the kind Physician, thou 
Art able now our souls to save, 

Art willing to restore them now. 



How dreadful is this place I 



L. M, 



577 

OTHOU, whom all thy saints adore, 
We now with all thy saints agree, 
And bow our inmost souls before 
Thy glorious, awful Majesty. 

2 We come, great God, to seek thy face, 
And for thy loving kindness wait ; 
And O, how dreadful is this place ! 

Tis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate. 

3 Tremble our hearts to find thee nigh ; 
To thee our trembling hearts aspire : 
And lo ! we see descend from high 
The pillar and the flame of fire. 

4 Still let it on the' assembly stay, 
And all the house with glory fill ; 

To Canaan's bounds point out the way, 
And lead us to thy holy hill. 

5 There let us all with Jesus stand, 
And join the general Church above, 
And take our seats at thy right hand, 
And sing thine everlasting love. 



5 H 8 bond of love. L. M. 

PRAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ; 
Thy saints adore thy holy Name ; 
Thy creatures bend the' obedient knee,' 
And, humbly, now thy presence claim. 

| 2 Eternal Source of truth and light, 
I To thee we look, on thee we call ; 
; Lord, we are nothing in thy sight, 
I But thou to us art all in all. 

3 Still may thy children in thy word 
Their common trnst and refuge see ; 
0, bind us to each other, Lord, 

By one great bond, — the love of thee. 

4 So shall our sun of hope arise, 
With brighter still and brighter ray, 
Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes 
With beams of everlasting day. 



Hymns. 



103 



579 river of life. L. M. 

GREAT Source of being and of love ! 
Thou wat'rest all the worlds above ; 
And all the joys which mortals know, 
From thine exhaustless fountain flow. 

2 A sacred spring, at thy command, 
From Zion's mount, in Canaan's land, 
Beside thy temple cleaves the ground, 
And pours its limpid stream around. 

3 Close by its banks, in order fair, 
The blooming trees of life appear ; 
Their blossoms fragrant odours give, 
And on their fruit the nations live. 

4 Tlow, wondrous stream ! with glory 

crown' d, 

Flow on to earth's remotest bound ; 
And bear us, on thy gentle wave, 
To Him who all thy virtues gave. 

580 Omnipotence and wisdom. L. M. 

COME, my soul, in sacred lays, 
Attempt thy great Creator's praise : 
But 0, what tongue can speak his fame ? 
What mortal verse can reach the theme ? 

2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, 
He glory like a garment wears ; 

To form a robe of light divine, 

Ten thousand suns around him shine. 

3 In all our Maker's ^rand designs, 
Omnipotence, with wisdom, shines ; 

His works, thro' all this wondrous frame, 
Declare the glory of his Name. 

4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing, 
Do thou, my soul, his glories sing ; 
And let his praise employ thy tongue, 
Till list'ning worlds shall join the song. 

er o -f Striving together for the faith of the 
Ool * Gosvel. L. M. 



UNCHANGEABLE, almighty Lord, 
Our souls upon thy truth we stay ; 
Accomplish now thy faithful word, 
And give, give us all one way. 

2 let us all join hand in hand, 
Who seek redemption in thy blood ; 
Fast in one mind and spirit stand, 
And build the temple of our God. 

3 Thou only canst our wills control, — 
Our wild, unruly passions bind ; 
Tame the old Adam in our soul, 
And make us of one heart and mind. 

4 Speak but the reconciling word, 

The winds shall cease, the waves subside ; 
We all shall praise our common Lord, — 
Our Jesus, and him crucified. 

582 For the Saviour's protection. L. M. 

TESUS, I fain would walk in thee, — 
«J From nature's every path retreat ; 
Thou art my Way,— my Leader be, 
And set upon the rock my feet. 



2 Uphold me, Saviour, or I fall ; 

reach me out thy gracious hand : 
Only on thee for help I call, — 
Only by faith in thee I stand. 

583 Smarting under the rod. L. M 

CHASTISED by^ an indulgent God, 
^ I would the kind chastisement feel ; 
But never faint beneath the rod, 
Nor desp'rate, nor insensible : — 

2 From each extreme divinely kept, 
The trouble coming from above 

1 would with thankful awe accept, 
And bless with tears my Fathers love. 

584: Day dawns on the night of the grave. L. M. 

SHALL man, God of light and life, 
Forever moulder in the grave ? 
Canst thou forget thy glorious work, 
Thy promise, and thy power, to save ? 
j 2 In those dark, silent realms of night 
Shall peace and hope no more arise 1 
No future morning light the tomb, 
Nor day-star gild the darksome skies ? 

3 Cease — cease, ye vain, desponding fears: 

| When Christ, our Lord, irom darkness 
| sprang, 

j Death, the last foe, was captive led, 
I And heaven with praise and wonder rang, 
j 4 Faith sees the bright, eternal doors 
| Unfold, to make his children way ; 
! They shall be clothed with endless life, 
i And shine in everlasting day. 
I 5 The trump shall sound — the dead shall 
wake , 

I From the cold tomb the slumb'rers spring : 
I Thro' heaven, with joy their myriads rise, 
And hail their Saviour and their King. 

585 27i e ministry instituted. L. M . 

THE Saviour, when to neaven he rose, 
In splendid triumph o'er his foes, 
Scatter' d his gifts on men below, 
And still his royal bounties flow. 

2 Hence sprang the' apostles' honour' d 
Sacred beyond heroic fame ; [name., 
In humbler forms, before our eyes, 
Pastors and teachers hence arise. 

3 From Christ they all their gifts derive, 
And, fed by Christ, their graces live : 
While, guarded by his mighty hand, 
'Midst all the rage of hell they stand. 

4 So shall the bright succession run 
Through all the courses of the sun ; 
While unborn churches, by their care, 
Shall rise and flourish large and fair. 

5 Jesus, now teach our hearts to know 
The spring whence all these blessings flow ; 
Pastors and people shout thy praise, 
Through the long round of endless days. 



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Hymns. 



£> 8 TJianhiywiag for national peace. L 

GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies, 
A word of thine almighty breath, 
Can sink the world, or bid it rise : 
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death. 

2 When angry nations rush to arms, 
And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, 
And war resounds its dire alarms, 
And slaughter dyes the hostile plain,— 

3 Thy sov'reign eye looks calmly down, _ 
And marks their course, and bounds their 
Thy law the angry nations own, [power ; 
And noise and war are heard no more. 

4 Then peace returns with balmy wing ; 
Sweet peace, with her what blessings fled ! 
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing, 
Reviving commerce lifts her head. 

5 To thee we pay our grateful songs ; 
Thy kind protection still implore : . 

may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, 
Confess thy goodness, and adore. 



§ ^ The second advent. L. M. 

HE comes ! He comes ! the Judge severe! 
The seventh trumpet speaks him near ; 
His lightnings flash, his thunders roll ; 
How welcome to the faithful soul ! 

2 Erom heaven angelic voices sound : 
See the almighty Jesus crown' d : 
Girt with omnipotence and grace, 
And glory decks the Saviour's face. 

3 Descending on his great white throne, 
He claims the kingdoms for his own ; 
The kingdoms all obey his word, 

And hail him their triumphant Lord. 

4 Shout, all the people of the skv, 
And all the saints of the Most High ; 
Our Lord, who now his right obtains, 
Forever and forever reigns. 



Shall stand unmoved amidst them all, 
And smile to see a burning world. 

5 The earth and all the works therein 
Dissolve, by raging flames destroy'd : 
While we survey tne awful scene, 
And mount above the fiery void. 

6 By faith we now transcend the skies, 
And on that ruin'd world look down : 
By love above all height we rise, 
And share the everlasting throne. 

§ Light for those who sit in darkness. L. Q 

THOUGH now the nations sit beneath 
The darkness of o'erspreading death ; 
God will arise with light divine, 
On Zion's holy towers to shine. 

2 That light shall shine on distant lands, 
And wand'ring tribes, in joyful bands, 
Shall come, thy glory, Lord, to see, 
And in thy courts to worship thee. 

3 light of Zion, now arise ! 
Let the glad morning bless our eyes ; 
Ye nations, catch the kindling ray, 
And hail the splendours of the day. 



O S § ^ e fi n(J d conflagration. L. M. 

HPHE great archangel's trump shall sound, 
J- (While twice ten thousand thunders 
roar,) 

Tear up the graves, and cleave the ground, 
And make the greedy sea restore. 

2 The greedy sea shall yield her dead ; 
The earth no more her slain conceal ; 
Sinners shall lift their guilty head, 
And shrink to see a yawning hell. 

3 But we, who now our Lord confess. 
And faithful to the end endure, 
Shall stand in Jesus' righteousness : — 
Stand, as the Rock of Ages, sure. 

4 We, while the stars from heaven shall fall, 
And mountains are on mountains hurl'd, 



££00 The prosperity of the saints. L. M. 

RENDER thanks to God above, 
The fountain of eternal love, 
: Whose mercy firm through ages past 
\ Hath stood, and shall forever last. 

2 Who can his mighty deeds express, 
Not only vast, but numberless ? 

i What mortal eloquence can raise 
i His tribute of immortal praise ? 

3 Extend to me that favour, Lord, 
Thou to thy chosen dost afford ; 
When thou return' st to set them free, 

; Let thy salvation visit me. 

4 may I worthy prove to see 
Thy saints in full prosperity, — 
That I the joyful choir may join, 
And count thy people's triumph mine 1 

5 i God seen in his works. L„ 3l 

rpHERE is a God — all nature speaks,- 
J- Through earth, and air, and seas, an 
skies ; 

See— from the clouds his glory breaks, 
When earliest beams of morning rise. 

2 The rising sun, supremely bright, 

1 Throughout the world's extended frame, 
| Inscribes, in characters of light, 
His mighty Maker's glorious name. 

3 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, 
And trace creation's wonders o'er, 
Confess the footsteps of your God ; 
Bow down before him and adore. 



Hymns. 



105 



i> 9 Embracing the aU-suJficient Portion. S. M. 

AJNJD can 1 yet delay 
My little all to give ? 
To tear my soul from earth away 
For J esus to receive ? 

2 Nay, but I yield, I yield ; 
I cau hold out no more : 

1 sink, by dying love compell'd, 
And own thee conqueror. 

3 Though late, I all forsake ; 
My friends, my all, resign : 

Gracious Redeemer, take, O take, 
And seal me ever thine. 

4 Come, and possess me whole, 
Nor hence again remove ; 

Settle and fix my wav'ring soul 
With all thy weight of love. 

5 My one desire be this, — 
Thy only love to know ; 

To seek and taste no other bliss, — 
No other good below. 

6 My life, my portion thou ; 
Thou all-sufficient art : 

My hope, my heavenly treasure, now 
Enter, and keep my heart. 

593 1716 heart °f stone - s - M - 

A THAT I could repent, 
U With all my idols part, 
And to thy gracious eye present 
A humble, contrite heart : 

2 A heart with grief oppress' d, 
For having grieved my God; 

A troubled heart, that cannot rest 
Till sprinkled with thy blood. 

3 Jesus, on me bestow 
The penitent desire ; 

With true sincerity of woe 

My aching breast inspire. 
I With soft'ning pity look, 

And melt my hardness down : 
Strike with thy love's resistless stroke, 

And break this heart of stone. 



594: on ty expiation. S, M. 

PROSTRATE at Jesus' feet, 
A guilty rebel lies ; 
And upward to the mercy-seat 
Presumes to lift his eyes. 

2 Will justice frown me hence? 
Stay, Lord, the vengeful storm ; 

Forbid it, that Omnipotence 
Should crush a feeble worm. 

3 If sorrow would suffice 
To pay the debt I owe, 

Tears should, from both my weeping eyes, 
In ceaseless currents flow. 

4 But tears I will not plead 
To expiate my guilt ; 

No tears, but those which thou hast shed, — 
No blood, but thou hast spilt. 



| 5 Think of thy sorrows, Lord 
I And all my sins forgive ; 
Then justice will approve the word 
That bids the sinner live. 

5 9 *5 To whom should we go. 

\ H ! whither should I go, 

Burden'd, and sick, and faint ? 
To whom should I my trouble show 

And pour out my complaint ? 
My Saviour bids me come ; 

Ah ! why do I delay ? 
He calls the weary sinner home, 
And yet from him I stay. 

2 What is it keeps me back, 
From which I cannot part, 

Which will not let the Saviour take 

Possession of my heart ? 
Searcher of hearts, in mine 

Thy trying power display ; 
Into its darkest corners shine, 

And take the veil away. 

3 I now believe, in thee, 
Compassion reigns alone ; • 

According to my faith, to me 

O let it, Lord, be done ! 
In me is all the bar, 

Which thou wouldst fain remove : 
Remove it, and I shall declare 

That God Is only love. 

^90 ® n beginning <* new year. 

UR few revolving years, 
How swift they glide away ; 
How short the term of life appears 
When past — but as a day ! — 

2 A dark and cloudy day, 
Clouded by grief and sin ; 

A host of enemies without, 
Distressing fears within. 

3 Lord, through another year 
If thou permit our stay, 

With diligence may we pursue 
The true and living way. 







S. M 



5 9 T Helpless and guilty. 

AH, how shall fallen man 
Be just before his God ? 
If he contend in righteousness, 
We sink beneath his rod. 

2 If he our ways should mark 
With strict inquiring eyes, 

Could we for one of thousand faults 
A just excuse devise? 

3 The mountains, in thy wrath, 
Their ancient seats forsake ; 

The trembling earth deserts her place,— 
Her rooted pillars shake. 

4 Ah, how shall guilty man 
Contend with such a God ? 

None — none can meet him, and escape, 
But through the Saviour's blood. 



Hymns. 



«J 9 § '^ it lcan d* rer returning. S. M. 

HOW oft this wretched heart 
Has wander' d from the Lord ; 
How oft my roving thoughts depart, 

Forgetful of his word. 
2 Yet mercy calls,— Eeturn ; 

Saviour, to thee I come : 
My vile ingratitude I mourn ; 

O take the wand'rer home ! 
S Thy love, so free, so sweet, 
.Blest Saviour, I adore ; 
" keep me at thy sacred feet, 
And let me rove no more. 

£)0Q The Redeemer' s triumphant reign. S. M. 

OTHOU whom we adore, 
To bless our earth again, 
Assume thine own almighty power, 

And o'er the nations reign. 
The world's Desire and Hope, 
All power to thee is given ; 
Now set the last great empire up, 
Eternal Lord of heaven. 

2 Where all thy laws are spurn' d, 
Thy holy name profaned, 

And where the ruin'd world has mourn' d, 
With blood of millions stain' d: 

Eeveai the glorious scene ; 
The heathen claim for thine ;• 

And there the endless reign begin 
With majesty divine. 

3 A gracious Saviour, thou 
Wilt all thy creatures bless ; 

A.nd every knee to thee shall bow, 

And every tongue confess. 
According to thy word, 

Now be thy grace reveal'd ; 
And with the knowledge of the Lord, 

Let all the earth be fill'd. 

fif\f\ Sown a natural body, raised a 

yjyjyj spiritual body. S. M. 

AND must this body die — 
This well- wrought frame decay '? 
And must these active limbs of mine 
Lie mould' ring in the clay ? 

2 Corruption, earth, and worms 
Shall but refine this flesh, 

Till my triumphant spirit comes 
To put it on afresh. 

3 God my Eedeemer lives, 
And ever from the skies 

Looks down, aud watches all my dust, 
Till he shall bid it rise. * 

4 Array' d in glorious grace 
Shall these vile bodies shine, 

And every shape, and every face, 
Be heavenly and divine. 

5 These lively hopes we owe, 
Lord, to thy dying love ; 

) may we bless thy grace below, 
And sing thy grace above ! 



6 Saviour, accept the praise 

Of these our humble songs, 
Till tunes of nobler songs we raise 

With our immortal tongues. 

001 Hardness of heart lamented. S. Ml 

OTH AT I could repent ! 
that I could believe ! 
Thou, by thy voice, the marble rend, 

The rock in sunder cleave : 
Thou, by thy two-edged sword, 

My soul and spirit part ; 
Stride, with the hammer of thy word, 
And break my stubborn heart. 

2 Saviour, and Prince of peace 1 
The double grace bestow ; 

Unloose the bands of wickedness, 

And let the captive go : 
Grant me thy sins to feel, 

And then the load remove : 
Wound, and pour in, my wounds to heal, 

The balm of pard'ning love. 

602 The indwelling Spirit. S. M. 

U/"E by his Spirit prove, 
» » And know the things of God, — 
The things which freely of his love 
He hath on us bestow'd. 

2 His Spirit, which he gave, 
Now dwells in us, we know ; 

The witness in ourselves we have, 
And all its fruits we show. 

3 The meek and lowly heart, 
That in our Saviour was, 

To us his Spirit does impart, 
And signs us with his cross. 

4 Our nature's turn'd, our mind 
Transforru'd in all its powers ; 

And both the witnesses are jom'd, — 
Thy Spirit, Lord, with ours. 

5 Whate'er our pard'ning Lord 
Commands, we gladly do ; 

And, guided by his sacred word, 
We all his steps pursue. 

6 His glory our design, 

We live our God to please ; 
And rise, with filial fear divine, 
To perfect holiness. 

603 

The Friend who conquers death. S. M 

"WHEN death before my sight 

Appears in dire array, 
Unequal to the dreadful fight, 
My courage faints away. 

2 How shall I meet this foe, 
Whose frown my soul alarms ? 

Dark horror sits upon his brow, 
And vict'ry waits his arms. 

3 But with the eye of faith, 
Piercing beyond the grave, 

I see that Friend who conquers death, 
Whose arm alone can save. 



Hymns. 



107 



604 The eternal Sabbath. S. M. 

HAIL to the Sabbath-day ! 
The day divinely given, 
When men to God their homage pay, 

And earth draws near to heaven. 
2 Lord, in this sacred hour, 

Within thy courts we bend, 
And bless thy love, and own thy power, 

Our Father and our Friend. 
8 But thou art not alone 

In courts by mortals trod ; 
Nor only is the day thine own 
When man draws near to God : — 

4 Thy temple is the arch 
Of yon unmeasured sky; 

Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march 
Of vast eternity. 

5 Lord, may that holier day 
Dawn on thy servants' sight ; 

And purer worship may we pay 
In heaven's unclouded light. 

605 Joyful in the house of prayer. S. M. 

GLAD was my heart to hear 
My old companions say, — 
Come, in the house of God appear ; 
For 'tis a holy day. 

2 Thither the tribes repair, 
Where all are wont to meet ; 

And joyful in the house of prayer, 
Bend at the mercy-seat. 

3 Pray for Jerusalem, 
The city of our God ! 

Lord, send thy blessings clown to them 
That love the dear abode ! 

4 Within these walls, may peace 
And harmony be found ! 

Zion, m all thy palaces, 
Prosperity abound. 

5 For friends and brethren dear 
Our prayer shall never cease : 

Oft as they meet for worship here, 
God send his people peace ! 

000 Praise for protecting mercy . S. M. 

WHEN o'er the deep we rode, 
™ By winds and storms assail' d ; 
We cail'd upon the ocean's God, 
Whose mercy never fail'd. 

2 The tempest heard his voice, 
The winds obey'd his will ; 

The elements withheld their noise, 
And all the floods were still. 

3 With joy we hail'd the shore, 
And safe the vessel moor'd ; 

With grateful hearts, that happy hour, 
We praised the ocean's Lord. 

4 Thus, while o'er seas we roam, 
Thy goodness, Lord, we see ; 

Though distant from our native home, 
We are not far from thee. 



5 And when this life is past, 
And we are cail'd to cue, 

may we see thy face at last 
In realms beyond the sky. 

6 Then, as we join the bands 
Beyond the swelling wave, 

We'll praise thee with uplifted hands, 
And sing thy power to save. 

00 ^ j?or watchfulness and circumspection. S. M 

"DID me of men beware, 
" And to my ways take heed ; 
Discern their every secret snare, 
And circumspectly tread. 

2 may I calmly wait 
Thy succours from above ; 

And stand against their open hate, 
And well-dissembled love. 

3 My spirit, Lord, alarm, 
.When men and devils join : 

'Gainst all the powers of Satan arm, 
In panoply divine. 

4 may I set my face, 
His onsets to repel ; 

Quench all his fiery darts, and chase 
The fiend to his own hell. 

5 But, above all, afraid 
Of my own bosom toe, 

Still let me seek to thee for aid, — 
To thee my weakness show ; 

6 Hang on thy arm alone 
With self-distrusting care, 

And deeply in the Spirit groan 
The never-ceasing prayer. 

008 Labourers rewarded. S. M 

HAPPY, happy place, 
Where saints and angels meet ! 
There we shall see each other's face, 
And all our brethren greet. 

2 The Church of the first-born, 
We shall with them be blest, 

And, crown' d with endless joy, return 
To our eternal rest. 

3 With joy we shall behold, 
In yonder blest abode, 

The patriarchs and prophets old, 
And all the saints of God. 

4 Abrah'm and Isaac, there, 
And Jacob, shall receive 

The foll'wers of their faith and prayer, 
Who now in bodies live. 

5 We shall our time beneath 
Live out in cheerful hope, 

And fearless pass the vale of death, 
And gain the mountain top 

6 To gather home his own, 
God shall his angels send. 

And bid our bliss, on earth begun, 
In deathless triumphs end. 



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Hymns. 



609 Glory begun below . S. M. 

nOME, ye that love the Lord, 

And let your joys be known ; 
Join in a song with sweet accord, 

While ye surround his throne. 
Let those refuse to sing 

Who never knew our God ; 
But servants of the heavenly King 

May speak their joys abroad. 

2 The God that rules on high, 
That all the earth surveys, 

That rides upon the stormy sky, 

And calms the roaring seas ; 
This awful God is ours, 

Our Father and our Love ; 
He will send down his heavenly powers 

To carry us above. 

3 There we shall see his face, 
And never, never sin ; 

There, from the rivers of his grace 3 

Drink endless pleasures in : 
Yea, and before we rise 

To that immortal state, 
The thoughts of such amazing bliss 

Should constant joys create. 

4 The men of grace have found 
Glory begun below : 

Celestial fruit on earthly ground 
From faith and hope may grow : 

Then let our songs abound, 
And every tear be dry ; 

We're marching through ImTnannel's 
To fairer worlds on high. [ground, 

610 The shield of faith. S. 5L 

SOLDIERS of Christ lay hold 
On faith's victorious shield ; 
Arm'd with that adamant and gold, 

Be sure to win the field : 
If faith surround your heart, 

Satan shall be subdued ; 
fiepell'd his every fiery dart, 
And quench' d with Jesus' blood. 

2 Jesus hath died for you ; 

What can his love withstand ? 
Believe, hold fast your shield, and who 

Shiill pluck you from his hand 2 
Believe that Jesus reigns ; 

All power to him is given : 
Believe, till freed from sin's remains ; 

Believe yourselves to heaven. 

611 

Exhortation to praise and thanksgiving. S. M. 

A RISE and bless the Lord, 
-ft- Ye people of his choice ; 
Arise and bless the Lord your God, 

With heart, and soul, and voice. 
2 Though high above all praise, 

Above all blessing high, 
Who would not fear his holy Name, 

And laud, and magnify ? 



3 O for the living fiaine, 
From bis own altar brought, 

To touch our lips, our souls inspire, 
And wing to heaven our thought. 

4 God is our strength and song, 
And his salvation ours ; 

Then be his love in Christ proclaim' J 
With all our ransom'd powers. 

5 Arise, and bless the Lord ; 
The Lord your God adore ; 

Arise and bless his glorious Name 
Henceforth, for evermore. 

613 The whole armour of God. S . M 

SOLDIERS of Christ, arise, 
And put your armour on; 
Strong in the strength which God supplies 

Through his eternal Son ; 
Strong in the Lord of hosts, 
And in his mighty power, 
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, 
Is more than conqueror. 

2 Stand then in his great might, 
With all his strength endued ; 

But take, to arm you for the fight, 

The panoply of God ; 
That having all things done, 

And all your conflicts past, 
Ye may o'ercome, through Christ alone, 

And stand entire at last. 

3 Leave no unguarded place, — 
No weakness of the soul ; 

Take every virtue, every grace, v 

And fortify the whole 
Indissolubly join'd, 

To battle all proceed ; 
But arm yourselves with all the mind 

That was in Christ your Head. 

613 Hebrew missionaries. S. M 

A LMIGHTY God of love, 
I Set up the' attracting sign, 
And summon whom thou dost approve 
For messengers divine. 

2 From favour' d Abrah'm's seed 
The new apostles choose, 

In isles and continents to spread 
The dead-reviving news. 

3 We know it shall be done ; 
'Tis God's almighty word ; 

All Israel shall the Saviour own, 
To their first state restored. 

4 Send, then, thy servants forth 
To call the Hebrews home ; 

From east and west, and south and north, 
Let all the wand'rers come. 

5 With Israel's myriads seal'd, 
Let all the nations meet ; 

And show the mystery fnlfill'd, 
The family complete. 



Hymns. 



109 



014: Labourers * n ti le vineyard of the Lord. S. M. 

AND let our bodies part, — 
To diff rent climes repair ; 
inseparably johYd in heart 
The friends of Jesus are. 

2 let us still proceed 
In Jesus' work below ; 

And, foll'wing our triumphant Head, 
To further conquests go. 

3 The vineyard of the Lord 
Before his lab'rers lies ; 

And lo ! we see the vast reward 
Which waits us in the skies. 

4 let our heart and mind 
Continually ascend, 

That haven of repose to find, 
Where all our labours end , 

5 Where all our toils are o'er, 
Our suff'ring and our pain : 

Who meet on that eternal shore 
Shall never part again. 



Creating and redeeming love. 



615 

FATHER, in whom we live, 
In whom we are, and move, 
The glory, power, and praise receive 
Of thy creating love. 

2 Let all the angel throng 
Give thanks to God on high, 

While earth repeats the joyful song, 
And echoes through the sky. 

3 Incarnate Deity, 

Let all the ransom' d race 
Render in thanks their lives to thee 
For thy redeeming grace. 

4 The grace to sinners show'd, 
Ye heavenly choirs proclaim, 

And cry, — Salvation to our God ! 
Salvation to the Lamb ! 

016 The soul's only refuge. S. 

?i IIOU refuge of my soul, 
J- On thee, when sorrows rise, 
On thee, when waves of trouble roll, 
My fainting hope relies. 

2 To thee I tell my grief, 
For thou alone canst heal ; 

Thy word can bring a sweet relief 
For every pain I feel. 

3 But, 0, when doubts prevail, 
I fear to call thee mine ; 

The springs of comfort seem to fail, 
And all my hopes decline. 

4 Yet, Lord, where shall I flee ? 
Thou art my only trust ; 

And still my soul would cleave to thee 
Though prostrate in the dust. 



1 ^ Let me die the death of the righteous. S. M. 

OFOR the death of those 
Who slumber in the Lord ! 
be like theirs my last repose, 
Like theirs my last reward. 

2 Their bodies in the ground, 
In silent hope, may lie, 

Till the last trumpet's joyful sound 
Shall call them to the sky. 

3 Their ransom' d spirits soar, 
On wings of faith and love, 

To meet the Saviour they adore, 
And reign with him above. 

4 for the death of those 
Who slumber in the Lord ! 

be like theirs my last repose, 

Like theirs my last reward. 
618 Light dawning upon the soul. S. M . 

OUT of the depths of woe, 
To thee, Lord, I cry ; 
Darkness surrounds me, but I know 
That thou art ever nigh. 

2 Humbly on thee I wait, 
Confessing all my sin ; 

Lord, I am knocking at the gate 
Open, and take me in. 

3 hearken to my voice, — 
Give ear to my complaint ; 

Thou bidd'st the mourning soul rejoice, 
Thou comfortest the faint. 

4 Glory to God above, — 

The waters soon will cease ; 
For, lo ! the swift returning dove 
Brings home the sign of peace. 

5 Though storms his face obscure, 
And dangers threaten loud ; 

Jehovah's covenant is sure, — 
His bow is in the cloud. 

010 Strengthen the weak hands. S. M. 

THOU seest our weakness, Lord ; 
Our hearts are known to thee 
lift thou up the sinking hand, 

Confirm the feeble knee. 
2 Let us in life, in death, 

Thy steadfast truth declare ; 
And publish, with our latest breath, 
Thy love and guardian care. 

620 Hie Redeemer's tears. S. M. 

DID Christ o'er sinners weep, 
And shall our cheeks be dry ? 
Let floods of penitential grief, 
Burst forth from every eye. 

2 The Son of God in tears 
The wond'ring angels see ; 

Be thou astonish'd, my soul ; 
He shed those tears for thee. 

3 He wept that we might weep ; 
Each sin demands a tear ; 

In heaven alone no sin is found, 
And there's no weeping there. 



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Hymns. 



Sympathy and mutual love. S. M. 

BLEST be the tie that binds 
Our hearts in Christian love ; 
The fellowship of kindred minds 
Is like to that above. 

2 Before our Father's throne, 
We pour our ardent prayers ; 

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, — 
Our comforts and our cares. 

3 We share our mutual woes ; 
Our mutual burdens bear ; 

And often for each other flows 
The sympathizing tear. 

4 When we asunder part, 
It gives us inward pain ; 

But we shall still be joined in heart, 
And hope to meet again. 

5 This glorious hope revives 
Our courage by the way : 

While each in expectation lives, 
And longs to see the day. 

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain 
And sin we shall be free ; 

And perfect love and friendship reign 
Through all eternity. 

3 ^ Restore my peace. S. M. 

AND wilt thou yet be found, 
And may I still draw near ? 
Then listen to the plaintive sound 
Of a poor sinner's prayer. 

2 Jesus, thine aid afford, 

If still the same thou art ; 
To thee I look, to thee, my Lord, 
I lift my helpless heart. 

3 Thou seest my troubled breast, 
The stragglings of my will, 

The foes that interrupt my rest, 
The agonies I feel. 

4 my offended Lord, 
Kestore my inward peace ; 

1 know thou canst ; pronounce the word, 

And bid the tempest cease. 

5 I long to see thy face ; 
Thy Spirit I implore, — 

The living water of thy grace. 
That I may thirst no" more. 

623 

The sure foundation. S. M. 

IN every trying hour 
My soul to Jesus flies ; 

1 trust in his almighty power 
When swelling billows rise. 

2 His comforts bear me up ; 
I trust a faithful God ; 

The sure foundation of my hope 
- Is in my Saviour's blood. 

3 Loud hallelujahs sing 

To our Eedeemer's Name , 
In joy or sorrow — life or death 
His love is still the same, 



0/^4: Sweet communion. S. M. 

"DLEST are the sons of peace, 

Whose hearts and hopes are one ; 
Whose kind designs to serve and please 
Through all their actions run. 

2 Blest is the pious house 
Where zeal and friendship meet ; 

Their songs of praise, their mingled vows. 
Make their communion sweet. 

3 Thus on the heavenly hills 
The saints are blest above, 

Where joy like morning dew distils, 
And all the air is love. 

625 

All-sufficiency of His grace. S. M. 

JESUS, my Lord, my God, 
J Thy promise I embrace ; 
And hail, beneath the Father's rod, 
Thy all-sufficient grace. 

2 My oft-repeated prayer 
The kindest answer gains, 

When, by thy gracious aid, I bear 
Life's keen and varied pains. 

3 Should dread of want oppress, 
And men or fiends assail, — ' 

Infirmities my frame oppress, 
And earthly comforts fail, — 

4 Still may I trust in thee, 
And calm each rising fear ; 

For none of these can injure me 
While thou, Christ, art near. 

5 My faith as gold refine ; 
Each grace and virtue prove ; 

That in my spotless life may shine 
The light of perfect love. 

6 Thus shall thy mighty power 
Upon thy servant rest ; 

Who glories in the trying hour, 
By thee upheld and blest. 

(3^6 The presence and grace of Jesus. S. 3£ 

OTHOU who art the Light 
Of all thy saints below, 
That we may worship thee aright, 
Thy sov'reign grace bestow. 

2 Our rising world obey'd 

Thy Godhead's high command ; 
And all the heavenly host are sway'd 
By thy creating hand. 

3 Yet all things made anew 
To wond'ring mortals seem, 

When the Eternal Word we view 
Descending to redeem. 

4 0, be thou present now, 
And make thy mercy known, 

While at thy footstool," Lord, we bow, 
And our Deliv'rer own. 

5 Then shall we live to thee, 
And honour this thy day ; 

Thine own devoted servants be, 
And never from thee stray. 



Hymns. 



Ill 



S. M. 



3 Forever with the Lord ! 
Father, if 'tis thy will, 

The promise of that faithful word, 
E'en here to me fulfil. 

4 So when my latest breath 
Shall rend the veil in twain, 

By death I shall escape from death, 
And life eternal gain. 

5 Knowing as I am known, 
How shall I love that word, 

And oft repeat before the throne, 
Forever with the Lord ! 



(5 ^ H -For perfect submission. 

1WANT a heart to pray,— 
To pray, and uever cease ; 
Never to murmur at thy stay, 
Or wish my sufferings less. 
This blessing, above ail, — 

Always to pray,— I want ; 
Out of the deep on thee to call, 
And never, never faint. 

2 I want a true regard, 
A single, steady aim, — 

Unmov'd by threat'ning or reward, 

To thee and thy great name ; 
A jealous, just concern, 

For thine immortal praise ; 
A pure desire that all may learn 

And glorify thy grace. 

3 1 rest upon thy word, — 
The promise is for me ; 

My succour and salvation, Lord, 

Shall surely come from thee : 
Bat let me still abide, 

Nor from my hope remove, 
Till thou my patient spirit guide 

Into thy perfect love. 

Courage ensures victory. S. M. 

UEGE on your rapid course, 
Ye blood-besprinkled bands ; 
The heavenly kingdom suffers force ; 

'Tis seized by violent hands ; 
See there the starry crown 

That glitters through the skies ; 
Satan, the world, and sin, tread down, 
And take the glorious prize. 

2 Through much distress and pain, 
Through many a conflict here, 

Through blood, ye must the entrance gain ; 

Yet, O disdain to fear : 
Courage, — your Captain cries, 

(Who all your toil foreknew, — ) 
Toil ye shall have, yet all despise ; 

I have o'ercome for you. 

3 The world cannot withstand 
Its ancient Conqueror ; 

The world must sink beneath the Hand 

Which arms us for the war : 
This is the victory, — 

Before our faith they fall ; 
Jesus hath died for you and me : 

Believe, and conquer all. 

629 At home in heaven. S. M. 

FOREVER with the Lord ! 
Amen, so let it be ! 
Life from the dead is in that word, 
'Tis immortality. 

2 Here in the body pent, 

Absent from Him I roam ; 
Vet nightly pitch my moving tent 

A day's march nearer home. 



030 Fh* universal victory of the cross. S. M 

JESUS, the Conqu'ror, reigns, 
In glorious strength array' d ; 
His kingdom over all maintains, 

And bids the earth be glad : 
Ye sons of men, rejoice 

In Jesus' mighty love ; 
; Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, 
To Him who rules above. 

2 Extol his kingly power ; 

Kiss the exalted Son, 
Who died, and lives to die no more, 

High on his Father's throne : 
Our Advocate with God, 

He undertakes our cause, 
And spreads through all the earth abroad 

The vict'ry of his cross. 

631 TJl€ wel ^-fought day. S. M. 

PRAY, without ceasing, pray, 
(Your Captain gives the word :) 
His summons cheerfully obey, 

And call upon the Lord : 
To God your every want 

In instant prayer display ; 
Pray always ; pray, and never faint ; 
Pray, without ceasing, pray. 

2 In fellowship, — alone, 

To God with faith draw near ; 
Approach his courts, besiege his throne 

With all the power of prayer : 
His mercy now implore, 

And now show forth his praise; 
In shouts, or silent awe, adore 

His miracles of grace. 

3 From strength to strength go on ; 
Wrestle, and fight, and pray ; 

Tread all the powers of darkness down, 
And win the well-fought day : 

Still let the Spirit cry, 
In all its soldiers, — Come, 

Till Christ the Lord descend from high, 
And take the conqu'rors home, 



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Hymns. 



03^ For diligence and watchfulness. S. M 

A CHARGE to keep I have, 
A God to glorify ; 
A never-dying soul to save, 

And fit it for the sky. 
To serve the present age, 

My calling to fulfil, — 
may it all my powers engage, 

To do my Master's will. 
2 Arm me with jealous care, 

As in thy sight to live ; 
And 0, thy servant, Lord, prepare, 

A strict account to give. 
Help me to watch and pray, 

Aiid on thyself rely, 
Assured, if I my trust betray, 
I shall forever die. 

033 Now we see - through a <7&xss darkly. S. M. 

THY way is in the sea ; 
Thy paths we cannot trace ; 
Nor solve, Lord, the mystery 
Of thy unbounded grace. 

2 Here the dark veils of sense 
Our captive souls surround ; 

Mysterious deeps of providence 
Our wond'ring thoughts confound. 

3 As through a glass we see 
The wonders of thy love ; 

How little do we know of thee, 
Or of the joys above ! 

4 In part we know thy will, 
And bless thee for the sight : 

Soon will thy love the rest reveal 
In glory's clearer light. 

5 With joy shall we survey 
Thy providence and grace ; 

And spend an everlasting day 
In wonder, love, and praise. 

034 The horrors of the second death. S. M. 

WHERE shall rest be found — 
Eest for the weary soul ? 
'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, 
Or pierce to either pole. 

2 The world can never give 
The bliss for which we sigh ; 

'Tis not the whole of life to live, 
Nor all of death to die. 

3 Beyond this vale of tears 
There is a life above, 

Unmeasured by the flight of years ; 
And all that life is love. 

4 There is a death, whose pang 
Outlasts the fleeting breath : 

what eternal horrors hang 
Around the second death ! 

5 Thou God of truth and grace ! 
Teach us that death to shun ; 

Lest we be banished from thy face, 
For evermore undone. 



635 God's absence deprecated. S, M. 

OTHOU, whose mercy hears 
Contrition's humble sigh ; 
Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears 
From sorrow's weeping eye ; — 

2 See, at thy throne of grace, 
A wretched wand'rer mourn : 

Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? 
Hast thou not said, — Return ? 

3 Shall guilty fears prevail 
To drive me from thy feet ? 

let not this last refuge fail, — 
This only safe retreat. 

4 Absent from thee, my Light, 
Without one cheering ray, — 

Through dangers, fears, and gloomy night, 
How desolate my way 1 

5 On this benighted heart, 
With beams of mercy shine ; 

And let thy voice again impart 
A taste of joy divine. 

636 For victory in the dying hour. S. M. 

WHEN on the brink of death 
My trembling soul shall stand, 
Waiting to pass that awful flood, 
Great God ! at thy command ; — 

2 When every scene of life 
Stands ready to depart ; 

And the last sigh that shakes the frame 
Shall rend this bursting heart ;— 

3 Thou Source of joy supreme, 
Whose arm alone can save, — 

Dispel the darkness that surrounds 
The entrance to the grave. 

4 Lay thy supporting hand 
Beneath my sinking head ; 

And with a ray of love divine 
Illume my dying bed. 

5 Leaning on Jesus' breast, 
May I resign my breath ; 

And in his kind embraces lose 
The bitterness of death. 

637 Humble confession. S. M. 

IN sorrow I lament, 
Before thy feet, my God, 
My passion, pride, and discontent, — 
My vile ingratitude. 

2 Ne'er was a heart more base 
And false than mine has been ; 

More faithless to its promises, — 
More prone to every sin. 

3 How long, Lord, shall I feel 
These struggles in my breast ? 

When wilt thou bow my stubborn will, 
And give my conscience rest ? 

4 Break thou, O break the charm, 
And set the captive free : 

Reveal, great God, thy mighty arm, 
And haste to rescue me. 



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038 Restored by grace, S. M. 

JESUS, if thy free grace 
Again hath raised me up, 
And call'd me still to seek thy face, 

And given me back my hope, — 
Thy timely help afford, 

Thy loving-kindness show ; 
O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 

And never let me go. 
2 By me, my Saviour, stand, 
In sore temptation's hour ; 
O save me with thine out-stretch'd hand, 

And show forth all thy power. 
Be mindful of thy word ; 

Sufficient grace bestow ; 
O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 

And never let me go. 
v Give me a holy fear, 

And fix it in my heart ; 
That thus I may from evil near 

With timely care depart ; 
Be every sin abhorr'd, 

Till thou destroy the foe ; 
keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 
And never let me go. 

03 d Her confidence and security. S. M. 

WHO in the Lord confide, 
And feel his sprinkled blood, 
In storms and hurricanes abide 

Firm as the mount of God : 
Steadfast, and fix'd, and sure, 

His Zion cannot move ; 
His faithful people stand secure 
In Jesus' guardian love. 

2 As round Jerusalem 

The hilly bulwarks rise, 
So God protects and covers them 

From all their enemies. 
On every side he stands, 

And for his Israel cares ; 
And safe in his almighty hands 

Their souls forever bears. 

64:0 Steadfast reliance upon the promises. S. M. 

AWAY, my needless fears, 
And doubts, no longer mine ; 
A ray of heavenly light appears, — 
A messenger divine. 

2 Thrice comfortable hope, 
That calms my troubled breast ; 

My Father's hand prepares the cup, 
And what he wills is best. 

3 If what I wish is good, 
And suits the will divine, — 

By earth and hell in vain withstood, 
I know it shall be mine. 

4 Still let them counsel take 
To frustrate his decree j 

They cannot keen a blessing back, 
By Heaven design' d for me. 



5 Here then I doubt no more, 

But in his pleasure rest, 
Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power, 

Engage to make me blest. 

041 The sacrifice of praise. 3. M. 

WITH joy we lift our eyes 
" To those bright realms above, 
That glorious temple in the skies, 
Where dwells eternal Love. 

2 Before thy throne we bow, 
thou almighty King ; 

Here we present the solemn vow, 
And hymns of praise we sing. 

3 While in thy house we kneel, 
With trust and holy fear, 

Thy mercy and thy truth reveal, 
And lend a gracious ear. 

4 Lord, teach our hearts to pray, 
And tune our hps to sing ; 

Nor from thy presence cast away 
The sacrifice we bring. 

Morning: Tribute of praise. S. M. 

SEE how the morning sun 
Pursues his shining way ; 
And wide proclaims his Maker's praise 
With every bright' ning ray. 

2 Thus would my rising soul 
Its heavenly Parent sing, 

And to its great Original 
The humble tribute bring. 

3 Serene I laid me down, 
Beneath his guardian care ; 

1 slept, and I awoke, and found 
My kind Preserver near. 

4 My life I would anew, 
Devote, Lord, to thee ; 

And in thy service I would spend 
A long eternity. 

04:3 'fyi r 'it ua 'l enemies to be encountered. S. M. 

ANGELS our march oppose, 
Who still in strength excel, — 
Our secret, sworn, eternal foes, 

Countless, invisible; 
From thrones of glory driven, 

By flaming vengeance hurl'd, 
They throng the air, and darken heaven, 
And rule this lower world. 

2 But shall believers fear ? 
But shall believers fly ? 

Or see the bloody cross appear, 

And all their powers defy ? 
By all hell's host withstood, 

We all hell's host o'erthrow ; 
And conqu'ring them through Jesus' 

We on to conquer go. [blood, 



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Hymns. 



644 The pilgrim 1 s home. S. M 

WHILE through this world we roam, 
From infancy to age, 
Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home, 
His rest at every stage. 

2 Thither his soul ascends, 
Eternal joys to share; 

There his adoring spirit bends, 
While here he kneels in prayer. 

3 His freed affections rise, 
To fix on things above, 

Where all his hope of glory lies,— 
Where all is perfect love. 

4 There we our treasure place ; 
There let our hearts be found ; 

That still, where sin abounded, grace 
May more and more abound. 

5 Henceforth our converse be 
With Christ before the throne : 

Ere long we eye to eye shall see, 
And know as we are known. 

645 The Day-star from on high. S. M. 

MY former hopes are fled ; 
My terror now begins ; 

1 feel, alas ! that I am dead 
In trespasses and sins. 

2 Ah, whither shall I fly? 

I hear the thunder roar : — 
The law proclaims destruction nigh, 
And vengeance at the door. 

3 When I review my ways, 
I dread impending doom : 

But, hark ! a friendly whisper says, — 
Flee from the wrath to come. 

4 With trembling hope, I see 
A glimm'ring from afar ; 

A beam of day that shines for me, 
To save me from despair. 

5 Forerunner of the sun, 

It marks the pilgrim's way : 
I'll gaze upon it while I run, 
And watch the rising day. 

64:6 The Lord's Prayer. S. M. 

OUE heavenly Father, hear 
The prayer we offer now ; 
Thy name be hallow' d far and near ; 
To thee all nations bow. 

2 Thy kingdom come ; thy will 
On earth be done in love, 

As saints and seraphim fulfil 
Thy perfect law above. 

3 Our daily bread supply 
While by thy word we live ; 

The guilt of our iniquity 
Forgive, as we forgive. 

4 From dark temptation's power, 
From Satan's wiles, defend \ 

Deliver in the evil hour, 
And guide us to the end. 



5 Thine shall forever be 
Glory and power divine ; 

The sceptre, throne, and majesty 
Of heaven and earth are thine. 

6 Thus humbly taught to pray 
By thy beloved Son, 

Through him we come to thee and say, — 
All for his sake be done. 

647 Claiming the promise. S. M. 

JESUS, we look to thee, 
Thy promised presence claim ; 
Thou in the midst of us shalt be, 
Assembled in thy name. 

2 Thy name salvation is, 
Which here we come to prove : 

Thy name is life, and health, and peace 
And everlasting love. 

3 Not in the name of pride 
Or selfishness we meet ; 

From nature's paths we turn aside, 
And worldly thoughts forget. 

4 We meet the grace to take, 
Which thou hast freely given ; 

We meet on earth for thy dear sake, 
That we may meet in heaven. 

5 Present we know thou art, 
But 0, thyself reveal ; 

Now, Lord, let every bounding heart 
The mighty comfort feel. 

6 may thy quick' ning voice 
The death or sin remove ; 

And bid our inmost souls rejoice, 
In hope of perfect love. 

648 

Purity of heart. 

BLEST are the pure in heart, 
For they shall see our God ; 
The secret of the Lord is theirs ; 

Their soul is his abode. 
2 Still to the lowly soul 

He doth himself impart, 
And for his temple and his throne 
Selects the pure in heart. 

649 The blessings of His grace, 

BLEST Comforter divine, 
Whose rays of heavenly love > 
Amid our "gloom and darkness shine. 
And point our souls above ; — 

2 Thou, who with still small voice 
Dost stop the sinner's way, 

And bid the mourning saint rejoice,. 
Though earthly joys decay ; — 

3 Thou, whose inspiring breath 
Can make the cloud of care, 

And e'en the gloomy vale of death,, 
A smile of glory wear ; — 

4 Thou, who dost fill the heart 
With love to all our race, — 

Blest Comforter ! to us impart 
Thine all-sufficient grace. 



Hymns. 



115 



The honour and safety of a nation. S. M. 

GREAT is the Lord our God, 
And let his praise be great ; 
He makes his churches his abode, 
His most delightful seat. 

2 These temples of his grace, 
How beautiful they stand : — 

The honours of our native place, 
And bulwarks of our land. 

3 In Zion God is known, 
A refuge in distress ; 

How bright has his salvation shone 
Through all her palaces ! 

4 In every new distress 
We'll to his house repair , 

We'll think upon his wondrous grace, 
And seek deliv'rance there. 

651 All-svjjicient grace. S. M. 

GRACE ! 'tis a charming sound, 
Harmonious to the ear ; 
Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
And all the earth shall hear. 

2 Grace first contrived a way 
To save rebellious man ; 

And all the steps that grace display, 
Which drew the wondrous plan. 

3 Grace taught my roving feet 
To tread the heavenly road ; 

And new supplies each hour I meet, 
While pressing on to God. 

4 Grace all the work shall crown, 
Through everlasting days ; 

It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
And well deserves our praise. 

652 Heaven upon earth. S. M. 

MY God, my life, my love, 
To thee, to thee I call : 

1 cannot live if thou remove, 
For thou art all in all. 

2 Thy shining grace can cheer 
This dungeon where I dwell : 

'Tis paradise when thou art here, 
If thou depart, 'tis hell. 

3 The smilings of thy face, 
How amiable they are ! 

'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace, 
And nowhere else but there. 

4 To thee, and thee alone. 
The angels owe their bliss ; 

They sit around thy gracious throne, 
And dwell where Jesus is. 

5 Not all the harps above 
Can make a heavenly place, 

If God his residence remove, 
Or but conceal his face. 

6 Nor earth, nor all the sky, 
Can one delight afford, 

Nor yield one drop of real joy, 
Without thy presence, Lord. 



7 Thou art the sea of love, 

Where all my pleasures roll : 
The circle where my passions move, 

And centre of my soul. 

(353 The loving-kindness of the Lord. S. M. 

BLESS the Lord, my soul ; 
His grace to thee proclaim ; 
And all that is within me, join 
To bless his holy Name. 

2 The Lord forgives thy sins, — 
Prolongs thy feeble breath ; 

He healeth thine infirmities, 
And ransoms thee from death. 

3 He clothes thee with his love, — 
Upholds thee with his truth ; 

And like the eagle he renews 
The vigour of thy youth. 

4 Then bless his holy Name 

Whose grace hath made thee whole ; 
Whose loving-kindness crowns thy days : 
O bless the Lord, my soul. 



The supper of the Lamb. 



654 

THEE, King of saints, we praise 
For this our living bread ; 
Nourished by thy preserving grace, 
And at thy table fed. 

2 Yet still a higher seat 
We in thy kingdom claim, 

Who here begin by faith to eat 
The supper of the Lamb. 

3 That glorious, heavenly prize 
We surely shall attain, 

And, in the palace of the skies, 
With thee forever reign. 

^3 Victory is on the Lord's side. S. M. 

ARISE, ye saints, arise ! 
The Lord our leader is ; 
The foe before his banner flies, 
And victory is His. 

2 We follow thee, our Guide, 
Our Saviour, and our King ; 

We follow thee, through grace supplied 
From heaven's eternal spring. 

3 We soon shall see the day 
When all our toils shall cease ; 

When we shall cast our arms away, 
And dwell in endless peace. 

4 This hope supports us here, 
It makes our burdens light ; 

'Twill serve our drooping hearts to cheer r 
Till faith shall end in sight : — 

5 Till, of the prize possess'd, 
We hear of war no more ; 

And ever with our Leader rest 
On yonder peaceful shore, 



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Hymns. 



r* m> Joy from the certainty of His resurrec- 
bOO Hon. S. M. 

THE Lord is risen indeed , 
The grave hath lost its prey ; 
With him shall rise the ransomed seed, 
To reign in endless day. 

2 The Lord is risen indeed ; 
He lives, to die no more ; 

He lives, his people's cause to plead, 
Whose curse and shame he bore. 

3 The Lord is risen indeed ; 
Attending angels, hear ; 

Up to the courts of heaven, with speed, 
The joyful tidings bear : — 

4 Then take your golden lyres, 
And strike each cheerful chord ; 

Join, all ye bright celestial choirs, 
To sing our risen Lord. 



Delight in ordinances. 



657 

WELCOME, sweet day of rest, 
That saw the Lord arise : 
Welcome to this reviving breast, 
And these rejoicing eyes ! 

2 The King himself comes near, 
And feasts his saints to-day ; 

Here we may sit, and see him here, 
And love, and praise, and pray. 

3 One day in such a place, 
Where thou, my God, art seen, 

Is sweeter than ten thousand days 
Of pleasurable sin. 

4 My willing soul would stay 
In such a frame as this, 

And sit and sing herself away 
To everlasting bliss. 



Universal gladness and joy. 



658 

GLOEY to God on high, 
Our peace is made with Heaven ; 
The Son of God came down to die, 
That we might be forgiven. 

2 His precious blood was shed, 
His body bruised, for sin ; 

Remember this in eating bread, 
And this in drinking wine. 

3 Approach his royal board, 
In his rich garments clad ; 

Join every tongue to praise the Lord, 
And every heart be glad. 

4 The Father gives the Son ; 
The Son, his flesh and blood : 

The Spirit seals ; and faith puts on 
The righteousness of God. 



S. M. 



His name is glorious* 



659 

X LMIGHTY Maker, God, 

How glorious is thy Name ; 
Thy wonders how diffused abroad, 
Throughout creation's frame. 



S. M. 



1 2 In native white and red 

The rose and lily stand, 
And, free from pride, their beauties spread, 

To show thy skilful hand. 

3 The lark mounts up the sky, 
With unambitious song ; 

Ajad bears her Maker's praise on high 
Upon her artless tongue. 

4 Fain would I rise and sing 
To my Creator too ; 

Fain would my heart adore my King, 
And give him praises due. 

5 Let joy and worship spend 
The remnant of my days ; 

And to my God my soul ascend 
In sweet perfumes of praise. 

660 A foretaste of glory. S. M. 

OWHAT delight is this, 
Which now in Christ we know, — 
An earnest of our glorious bliss, 
Our heaven begun below ! 

2 When He the table spreads, 
How royal is the cheer ; 

With rapture we lift up our heads, 
And own that God is here. 

3 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
Who died to die no more, 

Let all the ransomed sons of men, 
With all his hosts, adore. 

4 Let earth and heaven be join'd, 
His glories to display, 

And hymn the Saviour of mankind 
In one eternal day. 



He ruleth all things well. 



S. M. 



661 

GIVE to the winds thy fears ; 
Hope, and be undismay'd ; 
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears 

God shall lift up thy head ; 
Through waves, and clouds, and storms. 

He gently clears thy way ; 
Wait thou his time, so shall this night 
Soon end in joyous day. 

2 Still heavy is thy heart ? 
Still sink thy spirits down ? 

Cast off the weight, — let fear depart, 

And every care be gone. 
What though thou rulest not ; 

Yet heaven, and earth, and hell, 
Proclaim, — God sitteth on the throne, 

And ruleth all things well. 

3 Leave to his so v' reign sway 
To choose and to command : 

So shalt thou, wond'ring, own his "way; 

How wise, how strong his hand ! 
Far, far above thy thought 

His counsel shall appear, 
When fully he the work hath wrought 

That caused thy needless fear. 



Hymns. 



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66/<^ Meeting, after absence. S. M, 

AND are we yet alive, 
And see each other's face ? 
Glory and praise to Jesus give, 

For his redeeming grace. 
Preserved by power divine 

To full salvation here, 
Again in Jesus' praise we join, 
And in his sight appear. 

2 What troubles have we seen ! 
What conflicts have we past ! 

Fightings without, and fears within, 

Since we assembled last ! 
But out of all the Lord 

Hath brought us by his love ; 
And still he doth his help afford, 

And hides our life above. 

3 Then let us make our boast 
Of his redeeming power, 

Which saves tis to the uttermost, 

Till we can sin no more : 
Let us take up the cross, 

Till we the crown obtain ; 
And gladly reckon all things loss, 

So we may Jesus gain. 

663 Walking by faith. S. M. 

IF, on a quiet sea, 
Tow'rd heaven we calmly sail, 
With grateful hearts, God, to thee, 
We'll own the fav'ring gale. 

2 But should the surges rise, 
And rest delay to come, 

Blest be the sorrow, kind the storm, 
Which drives us nearer home. 

3 Soon shall our doubts and fears 
All yield to thy control : 

Thy tender mercies shall illume 
The midnight of the soul. 

4 Teach us, m every state, 
To make thy will our own ; 

And when the joys of sense depart, 
To live by faith alone. 

664: Christ, the only source of salvation. S. M, 

POD'S holy law transgress' d, 
" Speaks nothing but despair ; 
Convinced of guilt, with grief oppress'd, 
We find no comfort there. 

2 Not all our groans and tears, 
Nor works which we have done, 

Nor vows, nor promises, nor prayers, 
Can e'er for sin atone. 

3 Eelief alone is found 

In J esus r precious blood : 
'Tis this that heals the mortal wound, 
Ana reconciles to God. 

4 This is salvation's source 
And all our hopes arise 

From Him, who, hanging on the cross, 
A spotless victim dies. 



665 ^ there is room. S. M. 

V"E wretched, starving poor, 

Behold a royal feast ! 
Where mercy spreads her bounteous store 
For every humble guest. 

2 See, Christ, with open arms, 
Invites, and bids you come ; 

stay not back, though fear alarms : 
For yet there still is room. 

3 come, and with us taste 
The blessings of his love ; 

While hope expects the sweet repast 
Of nobler joys above. 

4 There, with united voice, 
Before the' eternal throne, 

Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice 
In ecstacies unknown. 

5 Ten thousand thousand more 
Are welcome still to come ; 

Ye longing souls, the grace adore ; 
Approach, — there yet is room. 

666 Afflictions blessed. S. M. 

HOW tender is thy hand, 
thou most gracious Lord ! 
Afflictions came at thy command, 
And left us at thy word. 

2 How gentle was the rod 
That chastened us for sin ! 

How soon we found a smiling God 
Where deep distress had been ! 

3 A Father's hand we felt, 
A Father's love we knew: 

'Mid tears of penitence we knelt, 
And found his promise true. 

4 Now will we bless the Lord, 
And in his strength confide : 

Jehovah ever be adored, 
There is no God beside. 

66 T Hardness of heart lamented. S. M, 

OTHAT I could revere 
My much offended God ; 
that I could but stand in fear 
Of thy afflicting rod ! 

2 If mercy cannot draw, 

Thou by thy threat'nings move, 
And keep an abject soul in awe, 
That will not yield to love. 

3 Let me with horror fly 
From every sinful snare ; 

Nor longer, in my Judge's eye, 
My Judge's anger dare. 

4 Thou great, tremendous God, 
The conscious awe impart ; 

The grace be now on me bestow'd, — 
The tender, fleshly heart. 

5 For Jesus' sake alone, 
The stony heart remove ; 

And melt at last, melt me down, 
Into the mould of love. 



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Hymns. 



(368 The universal King. S. M. 

COME, sound his praise abroad, 
And hymns of glory sing : 
Jehovah is the sov'reigu God, 
The universal King. 

2 He form'd the deeps unknown, 
He gave the seas their hound ; 

The wat'ry worlds are all his own, 
And all the solid ground. 

3 Come, worship at his throne, 
Come, bow before the Lord ; 

We are his works, and not our own, 
He form'd us by his word. 

4 To-day attend his voice, 
Nor dare provoke his rod ; 

Come, like the people of his choice, 
And own your gracious God. 

600 For entire consecration. S. M. 

JESUS, my strength, my hope, 
On thee'l cast my care ; 
With humble confidence look up, 

And know thou hear'st my prayer. 
Give me on thee to wait, 

Till I can all things do ; 
On thee, — almighty to create, 
Almighty to renew. 

2 I want a sober mind, 
A self-renouncing will, 

That tramples down, and casts behind, 

The baits of pleasiug ill : 
A soul inured to pain, 

To hardship, grief, and loss ; 
Bold to take up, firm to sustain, 

The consecrated cross. 

3 I want a godly fear, 

A quick discerning eye, 
That looks to thee when sin is near, 

And sees the tempter fly : 
A spirit still prepared, 

And arm'd with jealous care ; 
Forever standing on its guard, 

And watching unto prayer. 

6 T O For a revival. 

OLORD, thy work revive 
In Zion's gloomy hour, 
And let our dying graces live 
By thy restoring power. 

2 let thy chosen few 
Awake to earnest prayer ; 

Their covenant again renew, 
And walk in filial fear. 

3 Thy Spirit then will speak 
Through lips of humble clay, 

Till hearts of adamant shall break,- 
Till rebels shall obey. 

4 Now lend thy gracious ear ; 
Now listen to our cry ; 

come, and bring salvation near ; 
Our souls on thee rely. 



S. M. 



6^1 Dead in trespasses and sins. S. M. 

HOW helpless nature lies, 
Unconscious of her load ! 
The heart unchanged can never rise 
To happiness and God. 

2 Can aught but power divine 
The stubborn will subdue ? 

'Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine 
To form the heart anew : — 

3 The passions to recall, 
And upward bid them rise ; 

To make the scales of error fall 
From reason's darken' d eyes. 

4 change these hearts of ours, 
And give them life divine ; 

Then shall our passions and our powers, 
Almighty Lord, be thine. 

S. M. 



The joyful sound. 



673 

HOW beauteous are their feet 
Who stand on Zion's hill,— 
Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
And words of peace reveal ! 

2 How charming is their voice, — 
So sweet the tidings are ; 

Zion, behold thy Saviour King ; 
He reigns and triumphs here. 

3 How happy are our ears, 
That hear the joyful sound, 

Which kings and prophets waited for, 
And sought, but never found. 

4 How blessed are our eyes, 
That see this heavenly light ; 

Prophets and kings desired it long, 
But died without the sight. 

5 The watchmen join their voice, 
And tuneful notes employ ; 

Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
And deserts learn the joy. 

6 The Lord makes bare his arm 
Through all the earth abroad : 

Let every nation now behold 
Their Saviour and their God. 



673 Victory. S. K 

T THE good fight have fought,— 
A O when shall I declare ! 
The vict'ry by my Saviour got, 
I long with Paul to share. 

2 may I triumph so, 
When all my warfare's past ; 

And, dying, find my latest foe 
Under my feet at last ! 

3 This blessed word be mine, 
Just as the port is gain'd, — 

Kept by the power of grace divina, 
I have the faith maintain'd. 

4 The' apostles of my Lord, 
To whom it first was given, 

They could not speak a greater word 
Nor all the saints in heaven. 



Hymns. 



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674: Delight in God. i 

LORD ! I delight in thee, 
And on thy eare depend ; 
To thee in every trouble flee, 
My best, my only Friend. 

2 When nature's streams are dried, 
Thy fulness is the same ; 

With this will I be satisfied, 
And glory in thy Name. 

3 Who made my heaven secure, 
Will here all good provide : 

While Christ is rich, can I be poor ? 
What can I want beside ? 

4 I cast my care on thee ! 
I triumph and adore : 

Henceforth my great concern shall be 
To love and please thee more. 

6*75 The goodly land. ! 

FAE from these scenes of night 
Unbounded glories rise, 
And realms of joy and pure delight, 
Unknown to mortal eyes. 

2 Fair land ! — could mortal eyes 
But half its charms explore, 

How would our spirits long to rise, 
And dwell on earth no more ! 

3 No cloud those regions know, — 
Realms ever bright and fair ; 

For sin, the source of mortal woe, 
Can never enter there. 

4 may the prospect fire 
Our hearts with ardent love, 

Till wings of faith, and strong desire, 
Bear every thought above. 

5 Prepared, by grace divine, 
For thy bright courts on high, 

Lord, bid our spirits rise and join 
The chorus of the sky. 



A blessing on the ordinance. 



676 

GREAT God, now condescend 
To bless our rising race ; 
Soon may their willing spirits bend, 

The subjects of thy grace. 
2 what a pure delight 
Their happiness to see ; 
Our warmest wishes all unite 
To lead their souls to thee. 
8 Now bless, thou God of love, 

This ordinance divine ; 
Send thy good Spirit from above, 
And make these children thine. 

6 7 7 Our Paschal Lamb. S. M 

T ET all who truly bear 
*^ The bleeding Saviour's name, 
Their faithful hearts with us prepare, 
And eat the Paschal Lamb, 



2 This eucharistic feast 
Our every want supplies, 

And still we by his death are blest, 
And share his sacrifice. 

3 Who thus our faith employ 
His suff' rings to record, 

E'en now we mournfully eojoy 
Communion with our Lord. 

4 We too with him are dead, 
And shall with him arise ; 

The cross on which he bows his head 
Shall lift us to the skies. 



Tribulation to be expected. 



678 

AS strangers here below, 
With various woes oppress' d, 
We must through tribulation go 
To our eternal rest. 

2 Thus Christ, our glorious Head, 
Ascended to his throne : — 

Why should his servants fear to tread 
The way their Lord has gone ? 

3 The path to glory lies 
Through conflict and distress : — 

But joyful we at length shall rise, 
The kingdom to possess. 

679 signature of God's love. S. M 

T ORD, in thy hand I lie, 

JLJ And wait thy will to prove ; 

My Potter, stamp on me, thy clay, 

Thine only stamp of love : 
Be this my whole desire ; 

I know that it is thine ; 
Then kindle in my soul a fire 

Which shall forever shine. 
2 O plant in me thy mind ; 

O fix in me thy home ; 
So shall I cry to all mankind, — 

Come to the waters, come. 
Jesus is full of grace ; 

To all his bowels move ; 
Behold in me, ye fallen race, 

That God is only love. 

680 Whoso trusteth in the Lord shall be safe. S . M. 

COMMIT thou all thy griefs 
^ And ways into His hands, — 
To his sure trust and tender care 

Who earth and heaven commands ; 
Who points the clouds their course,* 

Whom winds and seas obey : 
He shall direct thy wand'ring feet, — 

He shall prepare thy way. 
2 Thou on the Lord rely, 

So, safe, shalt thou go on ; 
Fix on his work thy steadfast eye, 

So shall thy work be done. 
No profit canst thou gain 

By self-consuming care ; 
To him commend thy cause, — his ear 

Attends the softest prayer. 



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Hymns. 



081 I icill gather all nations. S. M. 

FATHEE of boundless grace, 
Thou hast in part fulfill' d 
Thy promise made to Adam's race., 

In God incarnate seal'd. 
A few from every land 

At first to Salem came, 
v And saw the wonders of thy hand, 
\ And saw the tongues of flame. 

2 Yet still we wait the end — 
The coming of our Lord ; 

The full accomplishment attend 

Of thy prophetic word. 
Thy promise deeper lies, 

In unexhausted grace ; 
And new-discovered worlds arise 

To sing their Saviour's praise. 

3 Beloved for Jesus' sake, 
By him redeem' d of old, 

All nations must come in, and make 

One undivided fold : 
While gather' d in by thee, 

And perfected in one, 
They all at once thy glory see 

In thy co-equal Son. 

683 Our fathers ; where are they ? S. M. 

HOW swift the torrent rolls 
That bears us to the sea ; 
The tide that hurries thoughtless souls 
To vast eternity. 

2 Our fathers, where are they, 
With all they call'd their own ? 

Their joys and griefs, and hopes and cares, 
And wealth and honour, gone. 

3 God of our fathers, hear, 
Thou everlasting Friend ! 

While we, as on life's utmost verge, 
Our souls to thee commend. 

4 Of all the pious dead 
May we the footsteps trace, 

Till with them, in the land of light, 
We dwell before thy face. 

083 The crowning hour. S. M. 

I^ERVANT of God, well done ! 
'® Thy glorious warfare's past ; 
The battle's fought, the race is won, 
And thou art crown' d at last ; — 

2 Of all thy heart's desire 
Triumphantly possess' d ; 

Lodged by the ministerial choir 
In thy Redeemer's breast. 

3 In condescending love, 

Thy ceaseless prayer He heard ; 
And bade thee suddenly remove 
To thy complete reward. 

4 With saints enthroned on high, 
Thou dost thy Lord proclaim, 

And still to God salvation cry, — 
Salvation to the Lamb ! 



5 happy, happy soul ! 
In ecstacies ol praise, 

Long as eternal ages roll, 
Thou seest thy Saviour's face. 

6 Eedeem'd from earth and pain, 
Ah ! when shall we ascend, 

And all in Jesus' presence reign 
With our translated friend ? 

684 For a blessing on ministers. S. J£ 

JESUS, thy servants bless, 
Who, sent bv^ thee, proclaim 
The peace, and joy, and righteousness 

Experienced in thy name : 
Tho kingdom of our God, — 

Which grace divine imparts : 
The power of thy victorious blood, — 
Which reigns in faithful hearts. 

2 Their souls with faith supply, — 

With life and liberty ; 
And then they preach and testify 

The things concerning thee ; 
And live for this alone, — 

Thy grace to minister ; 
And all thou hast for sinners done, 

In life and death declare. 

085 V'Ee and mercy. S. M. 

fJREAT God, accept a heart 

™ That pants to sing thy praise ; 

Thou, who without beginning art, 

And without end of days : 
Thy goodness is display'd, 

On all thy works impress' d ; 
Thou lovest all thy hands have made, 

But man thou lovest best. 

2 Gracious art thou to all 

Who truly turn to thee ; 
hear me, then, for pardon call, 

And show thy grace to me : 
Through mercy reconciled, 

For Jesus' sake forgiven ; 
Receive, Lord, thy favour'd child, 

To sing thy praise in heaven. 

080 * The day of vengeance. S M 

DINNERS, the call obey— 
^ The latest call of grace • 
The day is come, the vengeful day 

Of a devoted race : 
Devils and men combine 

To plague the faithless seed, 
And phials full of wrath divine 

Are bursting on your head. 

2 Enter into the Rock, 

Ye trembling slaves of sin — 
The Rock of your salvation, struck 

And cleft to take you in : 
To shelter the distress' d 

He did the cross endure ; 
Enter into the clefts, and rest 

In Jesus's wounds secure. 



Hymns. 



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68 H Solemn thoughts on the future. S. M. 

AND am I born to die ? 
To lay this body down 
And must my trembling spirit fly 

Into a world unknown ? — 
A land of deepest shade, 

Unpierced by human thought ; 
The dreary regions of the dead, 
Where all things are forgot I 

2 Soon as from earth I go, 
What will become of me ? 

Eternal happiness or woe 

Must then my portion be : 
Waked by the trumpet sound, 

I from my grave shall rise, 
And see the Judge, with glory crown'd, 

And see the flaming skies ! 

3 How shall I leave my tomb — 
With triumph or regret ? 

A fearful or a joyful doom, 

A curse or blessing, meet ? 
Will angel bands convey 

Their brother to the bar ? 
Or devils drag my soul away, 

To meet its sentence there ? 

4 Who can resolve the doubt 
That tears my anxious breast ? 

Shall I be with the damn'd cast out, 
Or numbered with the blest ? 

1 must from God be driven, 
Or with my Saviour dwell ; 

Must come at his command to heaven, 
Or else — depart to hell. 

For the world's conversion. 

OGOD of sov'reign grace, 
We bow before thy throne ; 
And plead, for all the human race, 
' The merits of thy Son. 

2 Spread through the earth, O Lord, 
The knowledge of thy ways ; 

And let all lands, with joy, record 
The great Eedeemer's praise. 



S. M. 



689 



The solemn midnight cry. 



S. M. 



rpHOU Judge of quick and dead, 
J- Before whose bar severe, 
With holy joy or guilty dread, 

We all shall soon appear ; 
Our caution'd souls prepare 

For that tremendous day, 
And fill us now with watchful care, 

And stir us up to pray : 
2 To pray, and wait the hour, 

That awful hour unknown, 
When, robed in majesty and power, 

Thou shalt from heaven come down, 
The' immortal Son of man, 

To judge the human race, 
With all thy Father's dazzling traLi, 

With all thy glorious grace. 



3 To damp our earthly joys, 

To' increase our gracious fears, 
Forever let the archangel's voice 

Be sounding in our ears 
The solemn midnight cry, — 

Ye dead, the Judge is come ; 
Arise, and meet him in the sky, 

And meet your instant doom. 

4 O may we all be found 
Obedient to thy word, 

Attentive to the trumpet's sound, 

And looking for our Lord. 
may we thus ensure 

A lot among the blest ; 
And watch a moment to secure 

An everlasting rest. 

690 Our debt paid upon the cross. S. M 

WHAT majesty and grace 
Through all the gospel shine ! 
'Tis God that speaks, and we confess 
The doctrine most divine. 

2 Down from his throne on high, 
The mighty Saviour comes ; 

Lays his bright robes of glory by, 
And feeble flesh assumes. 

3 The debt that sinners owed, 
Upon the cross he pays : 

Then through the clouds ascends to God, 
'Midst shouts of loftiest praise. 

4 There our High Priest appears 
Before his Father's throne ; 

Mingles his merits with our tears, 
And pours salvation down. 

5 Great Sov 'reign, we adore 
Thy justice and thy grace, 

And on thy faithfulness and power 
Our firm dependence place. 

691 The mi 9 ht v God - s - M 

REJOICE in Jesus' birth,— 
To us a Son is given ; 
To us a child is born on earth, 
Who made both earth and heaven. 

2 He reigns above the sky, — 
This universe sustains ; — 

The God supreme, the Lord most hign, 
The king Messiah reigns. 

3 The mighty God is He, 
Author of heavenly bliss ; 

The Father of eternity, 
The glorious Prince of peace. 

4 His government shall grow, 

From strength to strength proceed : 
His righteousness the church o'erflow, 
And all the earth o'erspread. 



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Hymns. 



Prepare us for that day. 



S.M. 



692 

BEHOLD ! with awful pomp 
The Judge prepares to come ; 
The' archangel sounds the dreadful trump, 
And wakes the gen'ral doom. 

2 Nature, in wild amaze, 
Her dissolution mourns ; 

Blushes of blood the moon deface, 
The sun to darkness turns. 

3 The living look with dread ; 
The frighted dead arise, 

Start from the monumental bed, 
And lift their ghastly eyes. 

4 Horrors all hearts appal ; 

They quake, ihey shriek, they ciy ; 
Bid rocks and mountains on them fall ; 
But rocks and mountains fly. 

5 Great God, in whom we live, 
Prepare us for that day : 

Help us in Jesus to believe, — 
To watch, and wait, and pray. 

693 Accepting the invitation. S. M. 

COME, weary sinners, come, 
Groaning beneath your load ; 
The Saviour calls his wand'rers home : 
Haste to your pard'ning God. 

2 Come, all by guilt oppress' d, 
Answer the Saviour's call — 

O come, and I will give you rest, 
And I will save you all. 

3 Eedeemer, full of love, 
We would thy word obey, 

And all thy faithful mercies prove : 
take our guilt away. 

4 We would on thee rely ; 

On thee would cast our care, 
Now to thine arms of mercy fly, 
And find salvation there. 

694 The dominion of sin destroyed. S. M. 

T)RIS'NERS of hope, arise, 
J- And see your Lord appear : 
Jjo ! on the wings of love he flies, 
And brings redemption near. 

'2 Redemption in his blood, 

He calls you to receive : — 
Look unto me, your pard'ning God : 

Believe, — he cries, — believe. 

3 The reconciling word 
We thankfully embrace ; 

Rejoice in our redeeming Lord, 
And triumph in his grace. 

4 We yield to be set free ; 
Thy counsel we approve 

Salvation we ascribe to thee, 
And glory in thy love. 



5 Our nature shall no more 

O'er us dominion have : 
By faith we apprehend the power 

Which shall forever save. 

ftOK Th* unchangeable truth and love of 

Jesus. S. M 

SUBMISSIVELY, my God, 
^ I all to thee resign, 
And bow before thy chast'ning rod ; 
Nor will I, Lord, repine. 

2 Why should my heart complain, 
When wisdom, truth, and love 

Direct the stroke, inflict the pain, 
And point to joys above ? 

3 How short my suff'rings here ; 
How needful every cross : 

Away with doubt, distrust, and fear, 
Nor call my gain my loss. 

4 Then give, or take away, 
I'll bless thy sacred Name ; 

Jesus to-day, and yesterday, 
And ever, is the same. 

696 The water and the blood. 8. M. 

THIS, this is He that came, 
By water and by blood ; 
Jesus is our atoning Lamb, — 
Our sanctifying God. 

2 See from his wounded side 
The mingled current flow ; 

The water and the blood applied 
Shall wash us white as snow. 

3 The water cannot cleanse, 
Before the blood we feel, 

To purge the guilt of all our sins, 
And our forgiveness seal. 

4 But both m J esus join, % 
Who speaks our sins forgiven, 

And gives the purity divine 
That makes us meet for heaven. 

Imploring His guidance. S. M. 

COME, Spirit, Source of light ; 
Thy grace is unconflned ; 
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,— 
The darkness of the mind. 

2 Now to our eyes display 
The truth thy words reveal ; 

Cause us to run the heavenly way, 
Delighting in thy will. 

3 Thy teachings make us know 
The myst'ries of thy love, 

The vanity of things below, 
The joy of things above. 

4 While through this maze we stray, 
spread thy beams abroad ; 

Point out the "dangers of the way, 
And guide our steps to God. 



Hymns. 



123 



698 The Pillar and the Cloud. S. M 

THOU very Paschal Lamb, 
Whose blood for us was shed, 
Through whom we out of bondage came, 
Thy ransom' d people lead. 

2 Angel of gospel grace, 
Fulfil thy character : 

To guard and feed the chosen race, 
In Israel's camp appear. 

3 Throughout the desert way, 
Conduct us by thy light ; 

Be thou a cooling cloud by day, 
A cheering fire by night. 

4 Our fainting souls sustain 
With blessings from above ; 

And ever on thv people rain 
The manna ot thy love. 

699 Behold, He cometh I S. M. 

IN expectation sweet, 
We wait, and sing, and pray, 
Till Christ's triumphal car we meet, 
And see an endless day. 

2 He comes ! — the Conqu'ror comes ; 
Death falls beneath his sword ; 

The joyful pris'ners burst their tombs 
And rise to meet their Lord. 

3 The trumpet sounds, — Awake ! — 
Ye dead, to judgment come ! — 

The pillars of creation shake, 
While hell receives her doom. 

4 Thrice happy morn for those 
Who love the ways of peace ; 

No night of sorrow e'er shall close 
Or shade their perfect bliss. 

700 For perfect peace. S. M. 

JESUS, my Lord, attend 
Thy feeble creature's cry ; 
And show thyself the sinner's Friend, 

And set me up on high. 
From hell's oppressive power 
My struggling soul release ; 
And to thy Father's grace restore ; 
And to thy perfect peace. 

2 Thy blood and righteousness 

I make my only plea ; 
My present and eternal peace 

Are both derived from thee. 
Hivers of life divine 

From thee, their fountain, flow ; 
And all who know that love of thine, 

The joy of angels know. 

701 The only wise God. S. M. 
THOU, the eternal Lord, 

Art high above our thought ; 
And worthy to be fear'd, adored, 

By all thy hands have wrought : 
None can with thee compare, 

Thy glory fills the sky ; 
And all created beings are 

As nothing in thine eye. 



2 Of thine unbounded power, 
To thee the praise we give ; 

Omnipotently great, and more 
Than heart can e'er conceive : 

Whene'er thou wilt proceed 1 
Thy work can none withstaa\ 

Or frustrate thy determined deed, 
Or stay the' Almighty's hand. 

3 Thou, Lord, art wise alone ; 
Thy counsel doth excel ; 

Most wonderful thy works we own, 

Thy ways unsearchable : 
Who knows the mystery, — 

The judgments can explain,— 
Of Him whose eyes in darkness see, 

And search the heart of man ? 

702 Household consecration. S. M. 

THE power to bless my house, 

Belongs to God alone ; 
Yet rend'ring him my constant vows, 
He sends his blessings down. 

2 Shall I not then engage 

My house to serve the Lord, — 
To search the soul-converting page, 
And feed upon his word : — 

3 To ask, with taith and hope, 
The grace which he supplies, 

In prayer and praise to offer up 
Their daily sacrifice ? 

4 Let each his sin eschew, 
Through thy restraining grace ; 

Our father Abrah'm's steps pursue, 
And walk in all thy ways. 

5 Saviour of men, incline 

The hearts which thou hast made,;— 
Which thou hast bought with blood divine, 
To ask thy promised aid. 

6 Me and my house receive, 
Thy fam'ly to increase ; 

And let us in thy favour live, 
And let us die in peace. 



Our help cometh from the Lord. S. M 



703 

TESUS, to thee we fly 

" From the devouring sword 

Our city of defence is nigh ; 

Our help is in the Lord. 
Or if the scourge o'erflow, 

And laugh at innocence, 
Thine everlasting arms, we know 

Shall be our soul's defence. 

2 We in thy word believe, 

And on thy promise stay ; 
Our life, which still to thee we give, 

Shall be to us a prey : 
Our life with thee we hide 

Above the furious blast, 
And shelter'd in thy wounds abide 

Till all the storms are past. 



124 



Hymns. 



'J 04: The glorious Gospel. S. M. 

THE nations of the earth, 
Almighty Lord, are thine ; 
And in thy works, from nature's birth, 
Thy radiant glories shine. 

2 Thy love hath also sent 
Thy gospel to our race ; 

Unveiling thy divine intent 
Of rich redeeming grace. 

3 When shall these tidings roll 
The spacious earth around, 

And every tribe and eveiy soul 
Receive the joyful sound ? 

4 When shall the wand'rers meet, 
That now in darkness rove, 

And, gather' d round Immanuel's feet, 
Sing of his saving love ? 

5 Lord, our efforts own, 
To spread the gospel rays ; 

And rear, on sin's demolish'd throne, 
The temples of thy praise. 

Embracing offered mercy. S. M. 

OMY offended God ! 
If now at last I see 
That I have trampled on thy blood, 

And done despite to thee ; 
If I begin to wake 

Out of my deadly sleep ; 
Into thine arms of mercy take, 
And there forever keep. 

2 No other right have I, 

Than what the world may claim ; 
And all may to their God draw nigh 

Through faith in Jesus' name : 
Thy death hath wrought the power 

For every sinful soul ; 
That all may know the gracious hour 

And be by faith made whole. 

3 Thou hast for sinners died, 
That all might come to God ; 

The cov'nant thou hast ratified, 

And seal'd it with thy blood : 
Thou hast obtain' d the grace 

That all may turn and live ; 
And now thy offer I embrace, — 

Thy mercy I receive. 

Our ransom paid. 

OUE sins on Christ were laid ; 
He bore the mighty load ; 
Our ransom-price he fully paid 
In groans, and tears, and blood. 

2 To save a world, he dies ; 
Sinners, behold the Lamb ! 

To him lift up your longing eyes ; 
Seek mercy in his name. 

3 Pardon and peace abound ; 
He will your sins forgive ; 

Salvation in his name is found, — 
He bids the sinner live. 



S. M. 



4 Jesus, we look to thee ;— 

Where else can sinners go ? 
Thy boundless love shall set us tree 

From wretchedness and woe. 

The only name given under heaven. t 2* 

JESUS, thou Source divine, 
Whence hope and comfort flow,— 
Jesus, no other Name than thine 
Can save from endless woe. 

2 None else will heaven approve : 
Thou art the only way, 

Ordain 'd by everlasting love 
To realms of endless day, 

3 Here let our feet abide, 
Nor from thy path depart : 

Direct our steps, thou gracious Guide ! 
And cheer the fainting heart. 

4 Safe through this world of night. 
Lead to the blissful plains, — 

The regions of unclouded light, — 
Where joy forever reigns. 

Deprecating the wrath to come. S. M, 

OTHOU that wouldst not have 
One wretched sinner die ; 
Who diedst thyself, my soul to save 

From endless misery :— 
Show me the way to shun 

Thy dreadful wrath severe ; 
That when thou comest on thy throne 
I may with joy appear. 

2 Thou art thyself the Way ; 

Thyself in me reveal ; 
So shall I spend my life's short day, 

Obedient to thy will : 
So shall I love my God, 

Because he first loved me ; 
And praise thee in thy bright abode 

To all eternity. 



The Redeemer on his throne. 



s.ai 



709 

ENTHKONED is Jesus now, 
Upjon his heavenly seat ; 
The kingly crown is on his brow, 
The saints are at his feet. 

2 In shining white they stand, — 
A great and countless throng ; 

A palmy sceptre in each hand, 
On every lip a song. 



3 They sing the Lamb of God, 
Once slain on earth for them ; 

The Lamb, through whose atoning blood, 
Each wears his diadem. 

4 Thy grace, Holy Ghost, 
Thy blessed help supply, 

That we may join that radiant host, 
Triumphant in the sky. 



Hymns. 



125 



^ To-day the accepted time. S. M. 

NOW is the' accepted time, 
Now is the day of grace ; 
Now, sinners, come without delay, 
And seek the Saviour's face. 

2 Now is the T accepted time, 
The Saviour calls to-day ; 

To-morrow it may be too late — 
Then why should you delay ? 

3 Now is the 7 accepted time, 
The gospel bids you come ; 

And every promise in his word 
Declares there yet is room. 

^ ~\_ \_ Safety in keeping God's precepts. S. M. 

HOW perfect is thy word, 
Thy judgments all are just ; 
And ever in thy promise, Lord, 

May man securely trust. 
2 I hear thy word in love ; — 

In faith thy word obey ; 
send thy Spirit from above, 
To teach me, Lord, thy way. 

8 Thy counsels all are plain, 

Thy precepts all are pure ; * 
And long as heaven and earth remain, 

Thy truth shall still endure. 

4 may # my soul, with joy, 
Trust in thy faithful word ; 

Be it through life my glad employ 
To keep thy precepts, Lord. 

•712 The day of Pentecost. S. M. 

LOKD God, the Holy Ghost! 
In this accepted hour, 
As on the day of Pentecost, 
Descend in all thy power. 

2 We meet with one accord 
In our appointed place, 

And wait the promise of our Lord, — 
The Spirit of all grace. 

3 Like mighty rushing wind 
Upon the waves beneath, 

Move with one impulse every mind ; 
One soul, one feeling breathe. 

4 The young, the old, inspire 
With wisdom from above ; 

And give us hearts and tongues of fire, 
To pray, and praise, and love. 

5 Spirit of light, explore, 

And chase our gloom away, — 
With lustre shining more and more 
Unto the perfect day. 

6 Spirit of truth, be thou, 

In life and death, our guide ; 
Spirit of adoption, now 
May we be sanctified. 



^ 1 3 -Beunteous in mercy and goodness. & M 

MY Maker and my King, 
To thee my all I owe ; 
Thy sov'reign bounty is the spring 
Whence all my blessings flow. 

2 The creature of thy hand, 
On thee alone I live ; 

My God, thy benefits demand 
More praise than I can give. 

3 0, let thy grace inspire 

My soul with strength divine ; 
Let all my powers to thee aspire, 
And all my days be thine. 

714 God's wondrous way among the heathen. S. M 
r pO bless thy chosen race, 
J- In mercy, Lord, incline ; 
And cause the brightness of thy face 
On all thy saints to shine ; — 

2 That so thy wondrous way 

May through the world be known ; 
While distant lands their homage pay, 
And thy salvation own. 

3 Let all the nations join 
To celebrate thy fame ; 

And all the world, Lord, combine 
To praise thy glorious Name. 

Universal diffusion of the Scriptures. S. M 

JESUS, the word bestow, — 
The true immortal seed ; 
Thy gospel then shall greatly grow, 

And all our land o'erspread ; 
Through earth extended wide 

Shall mightily prevail, — 
Destroy the works of self and pride, 

And shake the gates of hell. 
2 Its energy exert 

In the believing soul ; 
Diffuse thy grace through every part, 

And sanctify the whole ; 
Its utmost virtue show 

In pure consummate love, 
And fill with all thy life below, 
And give us thrones above. 

^ 1 The spirit of prayer. & M 

THE praying spirit breathe ! 
The watching power impart ; 
From all entanglements beneath, 

Call off mv peaceful heart ; 
My feeble mind sustain, 

By worldly thoughts oppress' d ; 
Appear, and bid me turn again 

To my eternal rest. 
2 Swift to my rescue come ; 

Thine own this moment seize ; 
Gather my wand'ring spirit home, 

And keep in perfect peace : 
Suffer 7 d no more to rove 

O'er all the earth abroad, 
Arrest the pris'ner of thy love, 
And shut me up in God. 



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Hymns. 



Y 1 Y Knowledge of forgiveness. S. AL 

HO W can a sinner know 
His sins on earth forgiven ? 
How can my gracious Saviour show 
My name inscribed in heaven ? 

2 What we have felt and seen 
With confidence we tell ; 

And publish to the sons of men 
The signs infallible. 

3 We who in Christ believe 
That he for us hath died, 

We all his unknown peace receive, 
And feel his blood applied. 

4 Exults our rising soul, 
Disburden'd of her load, 

And swells, unutterably full 
Of glory and of God. 

5 His love, surpassing far 
The love of all beneath, 

We find within our hearts, and dare 
The pointless darts of death. 

6 Stronger than death or hell 
The sacred power we prove ; 

And, conqu'rors of the world, we dwell 
In heaven, who dwell in love. 

718 The perfect law of love. S M. 

THE thing my God doth hate, 
That I no more may do, 
Thy creature, Lord, again create, 
And all my soul renew : 

2 My soul shall then, like thiue, 
Abhor the thing uncleaD, 

And, sanctified by love divine, 
Forever cease from sin. 

3 That blessed law of thine, 
Jesus, to me impart ; 

The Spirit's law of life divine, 
write it on my heart ! 

4 Implant it deep within, 
Whence it may ne'er remove, — 

The law of liberty from sin, 
The perfect law of love. 

5 Thy nature be my law, 
Thy spotless sanctity ; 

And sweetly every moment draw 
My happy soul to thee. 

6 Soul of my soul, remain ! 
Who didst for all fulfil. 

In me, O Lord, fulfil again 
Thy heavenly Father's will. 

719 The word of God, quick and powerful. S. M, 
THY word, almighty Lord, 

Whate'er it enters in, 
Ib sharper than a two-edged sword, 

To slay the man of sin. 
2 Thy word is power and life ; 

It bids confusion cease, 
And changes envy, hatred, strife, 

To love, and joy, and peace, 



13 Then let our hearts obey 

The gospel's glorious sound ; 
And all its fruits, from day to day, 
Be in us and abound. 

Glorious liberty. S. M. 

OCOME, and dwell in me, 
Spirit of power within ; 
And bring the glorious liberty 
From sorrow, fear, and sin ! 

2 The seed of sin's disease, 
Spirit of health, remove,— 

Spirit of finish' d holiness, 
Spirit of perfect love. 

3 Hasten the joyful day 
Which shall my sins consume ; 

When old things shall be done away, 
And all things new become. 

4 I want the witness, Lord, 
That all I do is right, — 

According to thy will and word, — 
Well pleasing m thy sight. 

5 I ask no higher state ; 
Indulge me but m this, 

And soon or later then translate 
To my eternal bliss, 



^ ^ 1 Christ, the guide and counsellor. 

JESUS, my truth, my way, 
My sure, unerring light, 
On thee my feeble steps I stay, 
Which thou wilt guide aright. 

2 My wisdom and my guide, 
My counsellor thou art ; 

never let me leave thy side, 
Or from thy paths depart. 

3 I lift mine eyes to thee, 
Thou gracious bleeding Lamb, 

That I may now enlighten' d be, 
And never put to shame. 

4 Never will I remove 

Out of thy hands my cause ; 
But rest in thy redeeming love, 
And hang upon thy cross, 

5 make me all like thee, 
Before I hence remove ; 

Settle, confirm, and 'stablish me, 
And build me up in love. 

6 Let me thy witness live, 
When sin is all destroy' d; 

And then my spotless soul receive 
And take me home to God. 

Thy will be done. 

THIS is thy will, I know, 
That I should holy be ; 
Should let my sins this moment go, 

This moment turn to thee. 
2 might I now embrace 

Thine all-sufficient power, 
And never more to sin give place, 
And never grieve thee more. 



S.M, 



Hymns. 



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S. M. 



T 2 3 Oh*"* 8 * in f he hope of glory. 

WHERE is the Hebrews' God, 
"Who kept them night and day ? 
Where is the heavenly fire and cloud 
Which show'd thy Church their way ? 

2 No symbol visible 

We of thy presence find ; 
Yet all who would obey thy will 
Shall know their Father's mind. 

3 Yes, Lord, thou still dost lead 
The children of thy grace, 

The chosen, the believing seed, 
Through this vast wilderness. 

4 Our chart, thy written Word : 
The Holy Ghost, our guide ; 

And Christ, our glorious risen Lord, 
Doth in our hearts reside. 



A house not made with hands, eternal 
in the heavens.' 



724 

¥E know, by faith we know 
If this vile house of clay, 
This tabernacle, sink below, 
In ruinous decay — 

2 We have a house above, 
Not made with mortal hands, 

And firm as our Eedeemer's love 
That heavenly fabric stands. 

3 It stands securely high, 
Indissolubly sure : 

Our glorious mansion in the sky 
Shall evermore endure. 

4 Full of immortal hope, 
We urge the restless strife, 

And hasten to be swallow' d up 
Of everlasting life. 

5 Lord, let us put on thee 
In perfect holiness, 

And rise prepared thy face to see, 
Thy bright, unclouded face. 

6 Thy grace with glory crown, 
Who hast the earnest given ; 

And then triumphantly come down, 
And take us up to heaven. 

735 The joyful meeting. S. 

C AVIOUR of sinful men, 
^ Thy goodness we proclaim, 
Which brings us here to meet again, 

And triumph in thy Name : 
Thy mighty Name hath been 

Our safeguard and our tower, — 
Hath saved us from the world and sin. 

And all the' accuser's power. 
2 Awhile in flesh disjoin'd, 

Our friends that went before 
We soon in Paradise shall find, 

And meet to part no more ; 
In yon thrice happy seat, 

Waiting for us they are ; 
And thou shalt there a husband meet 5 

And I a parent there ! 



^ ^6 Seeking the evidence of acceptance. S M 3 

T LISTEN for the voice 

Which speaks my sins forgiven ; 
Speak, Lord, and let my heart rejoice 

In certain hope of heaven. 
Thy Name O may I prove, 

Thy Name inscribed on me ; 
And triumph in redeeming love 

Through all eternity. 

One in Christ Jesus, S, M- 

LET party names no more 
The Christian world o'erspread; 
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, 
Are one in Christ their Head 

2 Among the saints on earth 
Let mutual love be found ; 

Heirs of the same inheritance, 
With mutual blessings crown' d. 

3 Thus will the church below 
Resemble that above ; 

Where streams of bliss forever flow, 
And every heart is love. 

The warning voice of Jesus. S3. M. 

GRACIOUS Redeemer, shake 
This slumber from my soul ! 
Say to me now, — Awake, awake ! 
And Christ shall make thee whole. 

2 Lay to thy mighty hand ; 
Alarm me in this hour ; 

And make me fully understand 
The thunder of thy power, 

3 Give me on thee to call, — 
Always to watch and pray, 

Lest I into temptation fall, 
And cast my shield away. 

4 For each assault prepared, 
And ready may I be ; 

Forever standing on my guard, 
And looking up to thee. 

5 do thou always warn 
My soul of evil near ; 

When to the right or left I turn, 
Thy voice still let me hear : — 

6 Come back ! this is the way ; 
Come back, and walk therein ; 

O may I hearken and obey, 
And shun the paths of sin. 



729 



The opened Fountain. 



S. M 



CALL'J) from above, I rise, 
And wash away my sin ; 
The stream to which my spirit flies 
Can make the foulest clean. 

2 It runs divinely clear, 
A fountain deep and wide : 

'Twas open'd by the soldier's^ spear 
In. my Redeemer's side, 



128 



Hymns. 



^ 30 SoiD aK S. M. 

SOW in the morn thy seed ; 
At «ve hold not thy hand ; 
To doubt and fear give thou no heed, — 
Broad-cast it o'er the land. 

2 Thou know'st not which shall thrive, — 
The late or early sown ; 

Grace keeps the precious germ alive, 
When and wherever strown : 

3 And duly shall appear, 

In verdure, beauty, strength, 
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, 
And the full corn at length. 

4 Thou canst not toil in vain : 
Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, 

Shall foster and mature the grain 
For garners in the sky. 

^31 Self-righteousness destroyed. S. M. 

A GOODLY, formal saint, 
I long appear' d in sight ; 
By self and Satan taught to paint 

My tomb, my nature, white. 
The Pharisee within 

Still undisturb'd remain' d ; 
The strong man, arm'd with guilt of sin, 
Safe in his palace reign' d. 

2 But, 0, the jealous God 
In mv behalf came down ; 

Jesus himself the stronger show'd, 

And claim' d me for his own. 
My spirit he alarm' d, 

And brought into distress ; 
He shook and bound the strong man, arm'd 

In his self-righteousness. 

3 Faded my virtuous show, — 
My form without the power ; 

The sin-convincing Spirit blew, 

And blasted every flower : 
My mouth was stopp'd, and shame 

Cover'd my guilty face ; 
I fell on the atoning Lamb, 

And I was saved by grace. 



Charity, or love. 



H32 

HAD I the gift of tongues, 
Great God, without thy grace, 
My loudest words, my loftiest songs, 
Would be but sounding brass. 

2 Though thou shouldst give me skill 

Each myst'ry to explain ; 
Without a heart to do thy will, 

My knowledge would be vain. 

8 Had I such faith in God, 

As mountains to remove, 
No faith could work effectual good 

That did not work by love. 



S. M, 



4 Grant, then, this one request, — 

Whatever be denied, — 
That love divine may rule my breast, 

And all my actions guide. 

?33 To-day. S. M, 

ALL yesterday is gone ; 
To-morrow's not our own ; 

sinner, come, without delay, 
And bow before the throne. 

2 O hear God's voice to-day, 

And harden not your heart ; 
To-morrow, with a frown, he may 

Pronounce the word, — Depart ! 

^34: T7ie violent take it by force. S. M. 

OMAY thy powerful word 
Inspire a feeble worm 
To rush into thy kingdom, Lord, 

And take it as by storm. 
2 O may we all improve 

The grace already given, 
To seize the crown of perfect love, 
And scale the mount of heaven. 

3 5 Groaning for deliverance. S, M. 

WHEN shall thy love constrain, 
And force me to thy breast ? 
When shall my soul return again 
To her eternal rest ? 

2 Ah ! what avail my strife, — 
My wand'ring to and fro ? 

Thou hast the words of endless life : 
Ah ! whither should I go ? 

3 Thy condescending grace 
To me did freely move ; 

It calls me still to seek thy face, 
And stoops to ask my love. 

4 Lord, at thy feet I fall ; 
I groan to be set free ; 

1 fain would now obey the call, 
And give up all for thee. 



God's gracious promises. 



T36 

OUR children thou dost claim, 
Lord our God, as thine : 
Ten thousand blessings to thy Name, 
For goodness so divine. 

2 Thee let the fathers own, 
Thee let the sons adore ; 

Join'd to the Lord in solemn vows, 
To be forgot no more. 

3 How great thy mercies, Lord ! 
How plenteous is thy grace, 

Which, in the promise of thy love, 
Includes our rising race. 

4 Our offspring, still thy care, 
Shall own their father's God; 

To latest times thy blessings share, 
And sound thy praise abroad. 



S.M. 



Hymns. 



129 



7 3*7 Success cerUin. S. M. 

LORD, if at thy command 
The word of life we sow, 
Water' d by thy almighty hand, 

The seed shall surely grow : 
The virtue of thy grace 

A large increase shall give, 
And multiply the faithful race, 
Who to thy glory live. 

2 Now, then, the ceaseless shower 

Of gospel blessings send, 
And let the soul-converting power 

Thy ministers attend. 
On multitudes confer 

The heart-renewing love, 
And by the joy of grace prepare 

For fuller joys above. 

Intercourse between earth and heaven. S. M. 

REDEEMER of mankind ! 
Who on thy Name rely, 
A constant intercourse we find 
Open'd 'twixt earth and sky. 

2 Mercy, and grace, and peace, 
Descend through thee alone ; 

And thou dost all our services 
Present before the throne. 

3 On us the Father's love 
Is for thy sake bestow' d ; 

Thou art our Advocate above, 
Thou art our way to God. 

4 Our way to God we trace ; 

And, through thy Name forgiven, 
From step to step, from grace to 
By thee ascend to heaven. 



^ 3 Restore my peace. 

JESUS ! full of grace, 
To thee I make my moan : 
Let me again behold thy face — 
Call home thy banish' d one. 

2 Again my pardon seal, 
Again my soul restore, 

And freely my backslidings heal, 
And bid me sin no more. 

3 Wilt thou not bid me rise ; 
Speak, and my soul shall live ; 

Forgive, — my gasping spirit cries, — 
Abundantly forgive. 

4 Thine utmost mercy show ; 
Say to my drooping soul, — 

In peace and full assurance go ; 
Thy faith hath made thee whole. 



S. M. 



^ 4:0 Creator of soul and body. 6. M. 

f) ALL-CREATING God, 
" At whose supreme decree 
My body rose, a breathing clod, — 
My soul sprang forth from thee : 

'2 For this thou hast design'd, 
And form'd me man for this — 

To know and love thyself, and find 
In thee my endless bliss. 

*V 4: 1 Evening : Commending the soul to God. S, M. 

THOU seest my feebleness, 
Jesus, be thou my power, — 
My help and refuge in distress, 
My fortress and my tower. 

2 Give me to trust in thee ; 
Be thou my sure abode : 

My horn, and rock, and buckler be, 
My Saviour and my God. 

3 Myself I cannot save, — 
Myself I cannot keep, — 

But strength in thee I surely have, 
Whose eyelids never sleep. 

4 My soul to thee alone, 
Now therefore I commend : 

Thou, Jesus, love me as thine own, 
And love me to the end. 

742 For a single eye, fc. M 

GOD of almighty love, 
By whose sufficient grace 

1 lift my heart to things above, 
And humbly seek thy face : 

Through Jesus Christ the Just, 

My faint desires receive, 
And let me m thy goodness trust, 

And to thy glory live. 

2 Whate'er I say or do, 
Thy glory be my aim ; 

My off'rings all be offer' d through 

The ever-blessed Name. 
Jesus, my single eye 

Be fix'd on thee alone : 
Thy name be praised on earth, on high 

Thy will by all be done. 

743 For fervent zeal. S. M 

TESUS, I fain would find 
« Thy zeal for God in me ; 
Thy yearning pity for mankind, — 
Thy burning charity. 

2 In me thy Spirit dwell ; 

In me thy bowels move ; 
So shall the fervour of my zeal 

Be the pure flame of love. 



130 



Hymns. 



*744: The throne of grace. S. M. 

BEHOLD the throne of grace ; 
The promise calls us near ; 
There Jesus shows a smiling face, 
And waits to answer prayer. 

2 Thine image, Lord, bestow, — 
Thy presence and thy love, — 

That we may serve thee here below, 
And reign with thee above. 

3 Teach us to live by faith, — 
Conform our wills to thine ; 

Let us victorious be in death, 
And then in glory shine. 

4 If thou these blessings give, 
And thou our portion be, 

All worldly joys we'll gladly leave, 
To find our heaven in thee. 

745 Waiting at the cross. S. M. 

FATHEE, I dare believe 
Thee merciful and true : 
Thou wilt my guilty soul forgive, — 
My fallen soul renew. 

2 Come then, for Jesus' sake, 
And bid my heart be clean ; 

An end of all my troubles make, — 
An end of all my sin. 

3 I cannot wash my heart, 
But by believing thee. 

And waiting for thy blood to' impart 
The spotless purity. 

4 While at thy cross I lie, 
J esus, the grace bestow ; 

Now thy all-cleansing blood apply, 
And I am white as snow. 

The labourers are few. S. M. 

LOKD of the harvest, hear 
Thy needy servants' cry ; 
Answer our faith's effectual prayer, 
And all our wants supply. 

2 On thee we humbly wait, — 
Our wants are in thy view ; 

The harvest, truly, Lord, is great, 
The labourers are few. 

3 Convert and send forth more 
Into thy Church abroad, 

And let them speak thy word of power 
As workers with their God. 

4 O let them spread thy name, — 
Their mission fully prove ; 

Thy universal grace proclaim, — 
Thine all-redeeming love. 

747 Fear of offending God. S. M. 

LOKD, if thou hast bestow' d 
On me this gracious fear, 
This horror of offending God, — 

keep it always here ; — 
2 And that I never more 

May from thy ways depart, 
Enter, with all thy mercy's power, 
And dwell within my heart. 



^ 4 § * Stand wp> and bless the Lord forever S. M. 

THOU, Lord, art God alone : 
Those countless worlds of thine, 
Those heavens and heavenly spirits, own 
Thy majesty divine. 

2 Earth is thy footstool made, 
Great universal Lord ; 

And all things are in being stay'd 
By thy preserving word. 

3 At thy command we rise, 
Thy gracious Name to bless ; 

And thee, the Lord of earth and skies, 
We joyfully confess. 

4 Our joy, to sing of thee ; 
To triumph in thy love ; 

And this, transporting thought, shall be 
Our endless work above. 

749 

Thanks for the unspealcable gift. S. M. 

FATHEE, our hearts we lift 
Up to thy gracious throne, 
And thank thee for the precious gift 
Of thine incarnate Son. 

2 His infant cries proclaim 

A peace 'twixt earth and heaven : 
Salvation, through his only Name, 
To all mankind is given. 

3 The gift unspeakable 
We thankfully receive, 

And to the world thy goodness tell, 
And to thy glory live. 

4 May all mankind receive 

The new-born Prince of peace, 
And meekly in his spirit live, 
And in his love increase. 

5 Till he convey us home, 
Cry every soul aloud, — 

Come, thou Desire of nations, come, 
And take us up to God. 



OUE great Creator, God, 
Who built this house of clay, 
Can re-inspire the breathless clod 

In his appointed day. 
From dust he form'd us man, 

And shall we doubt his power f 
No, surely the Almighty can 
Our moulder'd dust restore. 

2 Who breathed into our earth 

The breath of life divine, 
Can, by a new celestial birth, 

God and the sinner join : 
Thus we the pledge receive 

Of immortality, 
Sure that our bodies too shall live 

Forever one with thee. 



S. M« 



Hymns. 



131 



7 5 1 ^ !>ong o f Moses and the Lamb. S. M. 

AWAKE, and sing the song 
. Of Moses and the Lamb ; 
Wake, every heart and every tongue 
To praise the Saviour's Name. 

2 Sing of his dying love ; 
Sing of his rising power ; 

Sing how he intercedes above 
For those whose sins he bore. 

3 Ye pilgrims, on the road 
To Zion's city, sing : 

Rejoice ye in the Lamb of God, — 
In Christ, the' eternal King. 

4 Soon shall we hear him say, — 
Ye blessed children, come ; 

Soon will he call us hence away, 
To our eternal home. 

5 There shall each raptured tongue 
His endless praise proclaim ; 

And sweeter voices tune the song 
Of Moses and the Lamb. 

75/^ The standard of the cross. S. M. 

HARK, how the watchmen cry ! 
Attend the trumpet's sound ; 
Stand to your arms, the foe is nigh, — 

The powers of hell surround. 
Who bow to Christ's command, 

Your arms and hearts prepare ; 
The day of battle is at hand, — 
Go forth to glorious war. 

2 See on the mountain top 
The standard of your God ; 

In Jesus' name 'tis lifted up, 
All stain' d with hallow 'd blood. 

His standard-bearers, now 
To all the nations call ; 

To Jesus' cross, ye nations, bow ; 
He bore the cross for all. 

3 Go up with Christ your Head ; 
Your Captain's footsteps see ; 

Follow your Captain, and be led 

To certain victory. 
All power to him is given : 

He ever reigns the same : 
Salvation, happiness, and heaven, 

Are all in Jesus' Name. 

753 

Morning : The Day-star from on high. S. M. 

1I7E lift our hearts to thee, 

Day-star from on high ! 
The sun itself is but thy shade, 
Yet cheers both earth and 6ky. 

2 O let thy rising beams 

The night of sin disperse, — 
The mists of error and of vice, 
Which shade the universe. 

3 How beauteous nature now ; 
How dark and sad before ; 

With joy we view the pleasing change, 
And nature's God adore. 



4 may no gloomy crime 
Pollute the rising day : 

Or Jesus' blood, like evening dew, 
Wash all the stains away. 

5 May we this life improve, 
To mourn for errors past ; 

And live this short, revolving day, 
As if it were our last. 



Obeying the command. 



754 

JESUS, we thus obey 
J Thy last and kindest word ; 
Here, in thine own appointed way, 
"We come to meet our Lord. 

2 The way thou hast eDjoin'd, 
Thou wilt therein appear ; 

We come with confidence to find 
Thy special presence here. 

3 Whate'er the' Almighty can 
To pardon'd sinners give, 

The fulness of our God made man, 
We here with Christ receive. 



S.M. 



M 



755 Seek Sim while he may be found. S. M. 

Y son, know thou the Lord ; 
Thy father's God obey; 
Seek his protecting care by night, 
His guardian hand by day. 

2 Call, while he may be found ; 
Seek him while he is near ; 

Serve him with all thy heart and mind, 
And worship him with fear. 

3 If thou wilt seek his face, 
His ear will hear thy cry ; 

Then shalt thou find his mercy sure, 
His grace forever nigh. 

4 But if thou leave thy God, 
Nor choose the path to heaven ; 

Then shalt thou perish in thy sins, 
And never be forgiven. 

756 The Nearer of prayer. S. M 

YE praying souls, rejoice, 
And bless your Father's Name ; 
With joy to him lift up your voice, 
And all his love proclaim. 

2 Your mournful cry he hears ; 
He marks your feeblest groan, 

Supplies your wants, dispels your fears, 
And makes his mercy known. 

3 To all his praying saints 
He ever will attend, 

And to their sorrows and complaints 
His ear in mercy bend. 

4 Then let us still go on, 
In his appointed ways, 

Rejoicing in his Name alone, 
In prayer and humble praise. 



132 



Hymns. 



*7 5 *7 Zowe f° r Zion - s * M ' 

I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord,— 
The house of thine abode, — 
The Church our blest Redeemer saved 
With his own precious blood. 

2 I love thy Church, O God ! 
Her walls before thee stand, 

Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
And graven on thy hand. 

3 For her my tears shall fall ; 
For her my prayers ascend ; ^ 

To her my cares and toils be given, 
Till toils and cares shall end. 

4 Beyond my highest joy 

I prize her heavenly ways ; 
Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 
Her hymns of love and praise. 

5 Sure as thy truth shall last, 
To Zion shall be given 

The brightest glories earth can yield, 
And brighter bliss of heavem 

^ 5 8 Rejoicing in Christ's restoring love. S. M. 

SPEAK that word again ; 
It cheers my drooping heart : 
How sweetly doth it soothe my pain, 
And bid my fears depart. 

2 And dost thou deign to own 
A worm so vile as I ? 

And may I still approach thy throne, 
And Abba, Father, cry ? 

3 My Saviour, by his word, 
Hath turn'd my night to day : 

And all those heavenly joys restored 
Which I had sinn'd away. 

4 I wonder and adore : 
The grace is all divine : 

Lord, keep me, that 1 sin no more 
Against such love as thine. 

759 

Plea for sparing mercy. S. M. 

LORD, let me know mine end ; 
My days, how brief their date ; 
That I may timely comprehend 
How frail my best estate. 

2 My life is but a span ; 

Mine age is naught with thee ; 
And, in his highest honour, man 
Is dust and vanity. 

3 At thy rebuke the bloom 
Of earthly beauty flies ; 

And grief shall like a moth consume 
All that delights our eyes. 

4 Have pity on my fears ; 
Hearken to my request ; 

Turn not in silence from my tears, 
But give the mourner rest. 

5 spare me yet, I pray ; 
Awhile my strength restore, 

Ere I am summon' d hence away, 
And seen on earth no more. 



'760 Att thin 9 s in Christ. S. M. 

THOU very-present aid 
In suff'ring and distress ; 
The mind which still on thee is stay'd, 
Is kept in perfect peace. 

2 The soul by faith reclined 
On the Redeemer's breast, 

'Mid raging storms, exults to find 
An everlasting rest. 

3 Sorrow and fear are gone 
Whene'er thy face appears ; 

It stills the sighing orphan's moan, 
And dries the widow's tears. 

4 It hallows every cross ; 
It sweetly comforts me ; 

Makes me forget my every loss, 
And find my all in thee. 

5 Jesus, to whom I fly, 
Doth all my wishes fill ; 

What though created streams are dry ! 
I have the fountain still. 

6 Stripp'd of each earthly friend, 
I find them all in one : 

And peace and joy which never end, 
And heaven, m Christ, begun. 

761 God shall wipe away all tears. S. M 

OWHAT a mighty change 
Shall Jesus' suff'rers know, 
While o'er the happy plains they range, 

Incapable of woe ! 
No ill-requited love 

Shall there our spirits wound : 
No base ingratitude above, — 
No sin in heaven is found. 

2 There all our griefs are spent : 
There all our sorrows end ; 

We cannot there the fall lament 

Of a departed friend ; 
A brother dead to God, 

By sin, alas ! undone : 
No father there, in passion loud, 

Cries, — my son ! my son ! 

3 No slightest touch of pain, 
Nor sorrow's least alloy, 

Can violate our rest, or stain 

Our purity of joy : 
In that eternal day 

No clouds or tempests rise ; 
There gushing tears are wiped away 

Forever from our eyes. 

162 Self -consecration. S. M. 

LORD, in the strength of grace, 
With a glad heart and free, 
Myself, my residue of days, 

I consecrate to thee. 
2 Thy ransom'd servant, I 

Restore to thee thine own ; 
And from this moment live or die, 
To serve my God alone. 



Hymns. 



133 



*^(33 Perseverance. 

MY ioul, be on thy guard ; 
Ten thousand foes arise ; 
The hosts of sin are pressing hard 
To draw thee from the skies. 

2 O watch, and fight, and pray ; 
The battle ne'er give o'er ; 

Renew it boldly every day, 
And help divine implore. 

3 Ne'er think the victory won, 
Nor lay thine armour down : 

The work of faith will not be done 
Till thou obtain the crown. 

4 Then persevere till death 
Shall bring thee to thy God ; 

He'll take thee, at thy parting breath, 
To his divine abode. 

^ (54: mind that wa s in Christ 

T^QUIP me for the war, 

And teach my hands to fight ; 
My simple, upright heart prepare, 
And guide my words aright. 

2 Control my every thought ; 
My whole of sin remove ; 

Let all my works in thee be wrought ; 
Let all be wrought in love. 

3 O arm me with the mind, 
Meek Lamb, that was in thee ; 

And let my knowing zeal be join'd 
With perfect charity. 

4 With calm and temper' d zeal 
Let me enforce, thy call ; 

And vindicate thy gracious will, 
Which offers life to all. 

5 may I love like thee, — 
In all thy footsteps tread ; 

Thou hatest all iniquity, 
But nothing thou hast made. 

6 may I learn the art, 
With meekness to reprove ; 

To hate the sin with all my heart, 
But still the sinner love. 



s. M. 



Pilgrims and sojourners. 



S. M. 



765 

1 N every time and place, 

' Who serve the Lord most high, 

Are call'd his sov'reign will to' embrace, 

And still their own deny : 
To follow his command, 

On earth as pilgrims rove, 
And seek an undiscover'd land, 

And house and friends above. 
2 Father, the narrow path 

To that far country show ; 
And in the steps of Abrah'm's faith 

Enable me to go : 
A cheerful sojourner 

Where'er thou bidd'st me roam, 
Till, guided by thy Spirit here 3 

I reach my heavenly home. 



766 



Unspeakable joy. 



S. M. 



s 



PIRIT of holiness, 
Let all thy saints adore 
Thy sacred energy, and bless 
Thy heart-renewing power. 

2 Not angel tongues can tell 
Thy love's ecstatic height, — 

The glorious joy unspeakable, 
The beatific sight. 

3 Eternal Triune Lord ! 
Let all the hosts above, 

Let all the sons of men record, 
And dwell upon, thy love : 

4 When heaven and earth are fled 
Before thy glorious face, 

Sing, all the saints thy love hath made, 
Thine everlasting praise ! 

767 

The revealing and witnessing Spirit. S M. 

SPIRIT of faith, come down, 
Reveal the things of God ; 
And make to us the Godhead known, 

And witness with the blood : 
'Tis thine the blood to' apply, 

And give us eyes to see, 
That he who did for sinners die 
Hath surely died for me. 

2 No man can truly say 
That Jesus is the Lord, 

Unless thou take the veil away, 
And breathe the living word : 

Then, only then, we feel 
Our int'rest in his blood ; 

And cry, with joy unspeakable, — 
Thou art my Lord, my God ! 

3 O that the world might know 
The all-atoning Lamb ! 

Spirit of faith, descend and show 

The virtue of his Name : 
The grace which all may find, 

The saving power impart ; 
And testify to all mankind, 

And speak in every heart. 

ty £t O He ever liveth to make intercessiov 

LORD, how shall sinners dare 
Look up to thine abode ? 
Or offer their imperfect prayer 
Before a holy God ? 

2 Bright terrors guard thy seat, 
And glories veil thy face ; 

Yet mercy calls us to thy feet, 
And to thy throne of grace. 

3 My soul, with cheerful eye 
See where thy Saviour stands, — 

The glorious Advocate on high, 
With incense in his hands. 

4 Teach my weak heart, O Lord, 
With faith to call thee mine ; 

Bid me pronounce the blissful word — 
Father — with joy divine. 



s. m. 



134 



Hymns. 



769 



1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
Wrestling Jacob— I will not let thee go. 

POME, thou Traveller unknown, 
v Whom still I hold, but cannot see ; 
My company before is gone, 

And 1 am left alone with thee : 
With thee all night I mean to stay, 
And wrestle till the break of day. 

2 I need not tell thee who I am ; 
My sin and misery declare ; 

Thyself hast call'd me by my name , 

Look on thy hands, and read it there : 
But who, I ask thee, who art thou ? 
Tell me thy name, and tell me now. 

3 In vain thou strugglest to get free : 
I never will unloose my hold : 

Art thou the Man that died for me ? 

The secret of thy love unfold : 
Wrestling, I will not let thee go, 
Till I thy name, thy nature know. 

ty 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 

• • " His blood cleanseth from all sin. 

PK.IS'NERS of hope, lift up your heads ; 
The day of liberty draws near ; 
Jesus, who on the serpent treads, 

Shall soon in your behalf appear : 
The Lord wili.to his temple come ; 
Prepare your hearts to make him room. 

2 Ye all shall find, whom in his word 
Himself hath caused to put your trust, 

The Father of our dying Lord 
Is ever to his promise just ; 
Faithful, if we our sins confess, 
To cleanse from all unrighteousness. 

3 ye of fearful hearts, be strong ! 
Your downcast eyes and hands lift up ! 

Ye shall not be forgotten long ; 

Hope to the end, in Jesus hope ! 
Tell him ye wait his grace to prove ; 
And cannot fail, if God is love. 

tyy-t 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 

9 • J- Sober vigilance. 

r PHIS slumber from my spirit shake ; 

Warn'd by the Spirit's inward call, 
Let me to righteousness awake, 

And pray that I may never fall ; 
Or give to sin or Satan place, 
But walk in all thy righteous ways. 

2 O wouldst thou, Lord, thy servant guard 
'Gainst every known or secret foe ; 

A mind for all assaults prepared, 

A sober vigilance bestow ; 
Ever apprised of danger nigh, 
And when to fight and when to fly. 

3 never suffer me to sleep 
Secure within the verge of hell ; 

But still my watchful spirit keep 



In lowly awe and loving zeal ; 
And bless me with a godly fear, 
And plant that guardian angel here. 

4 Attended by that sacred dread, 
And wise from evil to depart, 

Let me from strength to strength proceed, 
And rise to purity of heart : 

Through all the paths of duty move, 

From humble faith to perfect love. 



1st P. M. 6 lines fi 

In my flesh shall I see God. 



773 

I CALL the world's Eedeemer mine , 
He lives who died for me, I know, — 
Who bought my soul with blood divine ; 

Jesus shall re-appear below, — 
^tand in that dreadful day unknown, 
And fix on earth his heavenly throne. 

2 Then the last judgment-day shall come ; 
And though the worms this skin devour, 

The Judge shall call me from the tomb, 

Shall bid the greedy grave restore, 
And raise this individual me, 
God in the flesh, my God, to see. 

3 In this identic body, I, 

With eyes of flesh refined, restored, 
Shall see that self-same Saviour nigh, 

See for myself my smiling Lord ; 
See with ineffable delight, 
Nor faint to bear the glorious sight. 

4 Then let the worms demand their prey, 
The greedy grave my reins consume ; 

With joy I drop my mould'ring clay, 

And rest till my Eedeemer come ; 
On Christ my life, in death rely, 
Secure that I can never die. 

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w 9 9-* The prize of our high calling. 

TO thee, great God of love, I bow, 
And prostrate in thy sight adore : 
By faith I see thee passing now : 
I have, but still I ask for more : 
A glimpse of love cannot suffice ; 
My soul for all thy presence cries. 

2 More favour' d than the saints of old, 
Who now by faith approach to thee, 

Shall all, with* open face, behold 

In Christ the glorious Deity ; 
Shall see and put salvation on, 
The nature of thy sinless Son. 

3 This, this is our high calling's prize; 
Thine image in thy Son I claim ; 

And still to higher glories rise, 

Till, all transformed, I know thy name, 
And glide to all my heaven above, — 
My highest heaven in Jesus' love. 



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4*4= Institution of the Lord's Supper. 

IN that sad, memorable night, 
When Jesus was for us betray' d, 
He left his death-reoording rite : 

He took, and blest, and brake the bread ; 
And gave his own their last bequest, 
And thus his love's intent express'd : — 

2 Take, eat, this is my body, given 

To purchase life and peace for you, — 
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven : 

Do this, my dying love to show : 
Accept your precious legacy, 
And thus, my friends, remember me. 

3 He took into his hands the cup, 
To crown the sacramental feast, 

And, full of kind concern, look'd up, 

And gave to them what he had blest : 
And, — Drink ye all of this, — he said, — 
In solemn mem'ry of the dead. 

4 This is my blood, which seals the new 
Eternal cov'nant of my grace : 

My blood, so freely shed for you, 
For you and all the sinful race : 
My blood, that speaks your sins forgiven, 
And justifies your claim to heaven. 

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• • ' God is in this place. 

LO ! God is here ! let us adore, 
And own how dreadful is this place : 
Let all within us feel his power, 

And silent bow before his face ; 
Who know his power, his grace who prove, 
Serve him with awe, with rev'rence love. 

2 Lo ! God is here ! him day and night 
United choirs of angels sing : 

To him, enthroned above all height, 

Heaven's host their noblest praises bring: 
Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song, 
Who praise thee with a stamm'ring tongue. 

3 Being of beings ! may our praise 

Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill ; 
Still may we stand before thy lace, 

Still hear and do thy sov'reign will ; 
To thee may all our thoughts arise, 
Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice. 

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* Triumphant confidence in the Saviour. 

STILL nigh me, my Saviour, stand, 
And guard in fierce temptation's hour : 
Hide in the hollow of thy hand ; 

Show forth in me thy saving power : 
Still be thy arms my sure defence, 
Nor earth "nor hell shall pluck me thence. 

2 Since thou hast bid me come to thee, 
(Good as thou art, and strong to save,) 

I'll walk o'er life's tempestuous sea, 
Upborn by the unyielding wave ; 

Dauntless, though rocks of pride be near, 

And yawning whirlpools of despair. 



3 When darkness intercepts the skies, 
And sorrow's waves around me roll, 

And high the storms of troubles rise, 

And half o'erwhelm my sinking soul ; 
My soul a sudden calm shall feel, 
And hear a whisper, — Peace ; be still ! 

4 Though in affliction's furnace tried, 
Unhurt, on snares and death I'll tread ; 

Though sin assail, and hell, thrown wide, 

Pour all its flames upon my head ; 
Like Moses' bush I'll mount the higher , 
And flourish, unconsumed, in fire. 



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Omnipotence and immutability. 

WHEN Israel out of Egypt came, 
And left the proud oppressor's land, 
Supported by the great I AM, 

Safe in the hollow of his hand, 
The Lord in Israel reign' d alone, 
And Judah was his fav'rite throne. 

2 The sea beheld his power, and fled, 
Disparted by the wond'rous rod ; 

Jordan ran backward to its head, 

And Sinai felt the' incumbent God ; 
The mountains skipp'd like frighten' d 
rams, 

The hills leap'd after them as lambs. 

3 What ail'd thee, O thou tremb'ling sea? 
W T hat horror turn'd the river back ? 

Was nature's God displeased with thee ? 
And why should "hills or mountains 
shake ? 

Ye mountains huge, that skipp'd like rams? 
Ye hills, that leap'd as frighten'd lambs ? 

4 Earth, tremble on, with all thy sons, 
In presence of thy awful Lord, 

Whose power inverted nature owns, 
Her only law his sov'reign word : 
He shakes the centre with his rod, 
And heaven bows down to Jacob's God. 

5 Creation, varied by his hand, 
The' omnipotent Jehovah knows ; 

The sea is turn'd to solid land, 

The rock into a fountain flows : 
And all things, as they change, proclaim 
| The Lord eternally the same. 

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| • • ° Circumspection. 

WATCH'D by the world's malignant eye, 
Who load lis with reproach and shame. 
As servants of the Lord most high, 
As zealous for his glorious Name, 
We ought in all his paths to move, 
With holy fear and humble love. 

2 That wisdom, Lord, on us bestow, 

From every evil to depart ; 

To stop the mouth of every foe, 

While, upright both in life' and heart, 

The proofs of godly fear we give, 

And show them how the Christians live. 



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I (It/ Jesus all and in all. 

THOU hidden Source of calm repose, 
Thou all-sufficient Love divine, 
My help and refuge from my foes, 

Secure I am while thou art mine : 
And lo ! from sin, and grief, and shame, 

1 hide me, Jesus, in thy Name. 

2 Thy mighty name salvation is, 
And keeps my happy soul above : 

Comfort it brings, and power, and peace, 

And joy, and everlasting love : 
To me, with thy great name, are given 
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 

3 Jesus, my all in all thou art ; 
My rest in toil, my ease in pain , 

The med'cine of my broken heart; 

In war, my peace ; in loss, my gain 
My smile beneath the tyrant's frown ; 
In shame, my glory and my crown : 

4 In want, my plentiful supply ; 

In weakness, my almighty power ; 
In bonds, my perfect liberty ; 

My light, in Satan's darkest hour ; 
In grief, my joy unspeakable ; 
My life in death, my all in all. 

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No condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. 

AND can it be that I should gain 
An int'rest in the Saviour's blood? 
Died he for me, who caused his pain ? 

For me, who him to death pursued ? 
Amazing love ! how can it be, 
That thou, my Lord, shouldst die for me ? 

2 'Tis myst'ry all, — th' Immortal dies ! 
Who can explore his strange design ? 

In vain the first-born seraph tries 

To sound the depths of love divine ; 
'Tis mercy all ! let earth adore : 
Let angel minds inquire no more. 

3 He left his Father's throne above ; 
(So free, so infinite his grace !) 

Emptied himself of all but love, 

And bled for Adam's helpless race ; 
'Tis mercy all, immense and free, 
For, O my God, it found out me ! 

4 Long my imprison' d spirit lay, 

Fast bound in sin and nature's night : 
Thine eye diffused a quick' ning ray ; 

I woke ; the dungeon flamed with light ; 
My chains fell off, my heart was free,— 
I rose, went forth, and follow' d thee. 

5 No condemnation now I dread, — 
Jesus, with all in him, is mine ; 

Alive in him, my living Head, 

And clothed in righteousness divine, 
Bold I approach the' eternal throne, 
And claim the crown, through Christ my 
own. 



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* ^ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

JESUS, was ever love like thine ? 
Thy life a scene of wonder is ; 
Thy death itself is all divine, 

While, pleased thy spirit to dismiss, 
Thou dost out of the flesh retire, 
And like the Prince of life expire. 

2 Thy death supports the dying saint ; 
Thy death my so v' reign comfort be \ 

While feeble flesh and nature faint, 

Arm with thy mortal agony ; 
And fill, while soul and body part, 
With life, immortal life, my heart. 

3 let thy death's mysterious power, 
W T ith all its sacred weight descend, 

To consecrate my final hoar, — 

To bless me with thy peaceful end : 
And, breathed into the hands divine, 
My spirit be received with thine. 

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• Heal my backslidings. 

JESUS, full of truth and grace,— 
More full of grace than I of sin, — 
Yet once again I seek thy face ; 

Open thine arms and take me in ! 
And freely my backslidings heal, 
And love the faithless sinner still. 

2 Thou know' st the way to bring me back, — 
My fallen spirit to restore ; 

! for thy truth and mercy's sake, 
Forgive, and bid me sin no more : 

The ruins of my soul repair, 

And make my heart a house of prayer. 

3 Ah, give me, Lord, the tender heart, 
That trembles at the' approach of sin ; 

A godly fear of sin impart ; 

Implant and root it deep within, 
That I may dread thy gracious power, 
And never dare to' offend thee more. 

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4 O Twill fear no evil, for thou art with me. 

PEACE, doubting heart, my^ God's I am : 
Who form'd me man forbids my fear; 
The Lord hath called me by my name ; 

The Lord protects, forever near : 
His blood for me did once atone, 
And still he loves and guards his own. 

2 When passing through the watery deep, 
I ask in faith his promised aid, 

The waves an awful distance keep, 

And shrink from my devoted head 
Fearless, their violence I dare ; 
They cannot harm, for God is there ! 

3 To Him mine eye of faith I turn, 
And through the fire pursue my way ; 

The fire forgets its power to burn, — 
The lambent flames around me play : 

1 own his power, accept the sign, 
And shout to prove the Saviour mine. 



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7o4: All things possible to the believer. 

ALL things are possible to him 
That can in Jesus' name believe : 
Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme ; 
Thy truth I lovingly receive ; 

1 can, I do believe in thee, — 
All things are possible to me. 

2 When thou theworkof faith hastwrought, 
I here shall in thine image shine, 

Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought. 

Let men exclaim and fiends repine, 
They cannot break the firm decree, — 
All things are possible to me. 

3 All things are possible to God, — 

To Christ, the power of God in man, — 
To me, when I am all renew'd, — 

When I in Christ am form'd again, 
And witness, from all sin set free, — 
All things are possible to me. 

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* His universal, everlasting love. 

WOULD Jesus have the sinner die ? 
Why hangs he then on yonder tree ? 
What means that strange expiring cry ? 

(Sinners, he prays for yon and me ;) 
Forgive them, Father, O forgive ! 
They know not that by me they live. 

2 Jesus, descended from above, 
Our loss of Eden to retrieve, 

Great God of universal love, 

If all the world through thee may live, 
In us a quick'ning spirit be, 
And witness thou hast died for me. 

3 Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb, — 
Thee, by thy painful agony, 

Thy bloody sweat, thy grief and shame, 

Thy cross and passion on the tree, 
Thy precious death and life — I pray, 
Take all, take all my sins away. 

4 let thy love my heart constrain,— 
Thy love, for every sinner free, — 

That every fallen son of man 

May taste the grace that found out me ; 
That all mankind with me may prove 
Thy sov'reign, everlasting love. 

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• " Christ in you, the hope of glory. 

THOU hidden love of God, whose height, 
Whosedepth unfathom'd,noman knows, 

1 see from far thy beauteous light ; 
Inly I sigh for thy repose : 

My heart is pain'd, nor can it be 
At rest, till it finds rest in thee. 

2 Is there a thing beneath the sun 

That strives with thee my heart to share ? 
Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, 

The Lord of every motion there ; 
Then shall my heart from earth be free 
When it hath found repose in thee. 



3 O hide this self from me, that I 

No more, but Christ in me, may live ; 
My vile affections crucify, 

Nor let one darling lust survive ; 
In all things nothing may I see, 
Nothing desire or seek, but thee. 

4 O Love, thy sov'reign aid impart, 

To save me from low-thoughted care ; 
Chase this self-will through all my heart, 

Through all its latent mazes there : 
Make me thy duteous child, that I, 
Ceaseless, may Abba, Father, cry. 

5 Each moment draw from earth away 
My heart, that lowly waits thy call ; 

Speak to my inmost soul, and say, — 

I am thy love, thy God, thy all ! 
To feel thy power, to hear thy voice, 
To taste thy love, be all my choice. 



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saves his people from their sins. 

SAVIOUE from sin, I wait to prove 
That Jesus is thy healing name ; 
To lose, when perfected in love, 
Whate'er I have, or can, or am : 

1 stay me on thy faithful word, — 
The servant shall be as his Lord. 

2 Didst thou not in the flesh appear, 
Sin to condemn, and man to save ? 

That perfect love might cast out fear ? 

That I thy mind in me might have ? 
In holiness show forth thy praise, 
And serve thee all my happy days ? 

3 Didst thou not die that I might live 
No longer to myself, but thee ? 

Might body, soul, and spirit give 

To Him who gave himself for me ? 
Come then, my master and my God, 
Now take the purchase of thy blood. 

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* ^ Ardent longings for the blessing. 

COME, thou universal Good, 
Balm of the wounded conscience, come » 
The hungry, dying spirit's food, 

The weary, wand'rmg pilgrim's home ; 
Haven to take the shipwreck' d in, 
My everlasting rest from sin. 

2 Come, O my comfort and delight • 

My strength and health, my shield and 
sun ; 

My boast and confidence, and might, 
My joy, my glory, and my crown ; 
My Gospel hope, my calling's prize : 
My tree of life, my paradise. 

3 The Secret of the Lord thou art, 
The mystery so long unknown ; 

Christ in a pure and perfect heart ; 

The name inscribed on the white stone ; 
The life divine, the little leaven, 
My precious pearl, my present heaven. 



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The servant shall be as Ms Lord. 

THY every suff'ring servant, Lord, 
Shall as his perfect Master be ; 
To all thy inward life restored, 

And outwardly conform' d to thee: 
Out of thy grave the saints shall rise, 
And grasp, through death, the glorious 
prize. 

2 This is the straight, the royal way 
That leads us to the courts above : 

Here let us ever, ever stay, 
Till, on the wings of perfect love, 

We take our last, triumphant flight, 

From Calvary's to Zion's height. 

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For a blessing on the children. 

CAPTAIN of our salvation, take 
The souls we here present to thee, 
And fit for thy great service make 

Those heirs" of immortality : 
And let them in thine image rise, 
And then transplant to paradise. 

2 Unspotted from the world, and pure, 
Preserve them for thy glorious cause, 

Accustom' d daily to endure 

The welcome burden of thy cross ; 
Inured to toil and patient pain, 
Till all thy perfect mind they gain. 

3 Our sons henceforth be wholly thine, 
And serve and love thee all their days ; 

Infuse the principle divine 

In all who here expect thy grace ; 
Let each improve the grace bestow'd ; 
Rise every child a man of God. 

4 Train up thy hardy soldiers, Lord, 
In all their Captain's steps to tread ; 

Or send them to proclaim thy word, — 

Thy gospel through the world to spread ; 
Freely as they receive to give, 
And preach the death by which we live ! 

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Speak our sins forgiven. 

FATHER of everlasting grace, 
Be mindful of thy changeless word 
We worship tow'rd that holy place, 

In which thou dost thy name record ; 
Dost make thy gracious nature known, 
That living temple of thy Son. 

2 Thou dost with sweet complacence see 
The temple fill'd with light divine ; 

And art thou not well pleased with me, 
Who, turning to that heavenly shrine, 
Through Jesus to thy throne apply, 
Through Jesus for acceptance cry ? 

3 With all who for redemption groan, 
Father, in Jesus' name we pray ; 

And still we cry and wrestle on," 
Till mercy takes our sins away : 
Hear from thy dwelling-place in heaven, 
And now pronounce our sins forgiven. 



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The ruined race. 

LET God, who comforts the distress' d, 
Let Israel's Consolation hear ; 
Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request, 
And show thyself the Comforter ; 
And swell the' unutterable groan, 
And breathe our wishes to the throne. 

2 We wrestle for the ruin'd race ; 
By sin eternally undone, 

Unless thou magnify thy grace, 

And make thy richest mercy known, 
And make thy vanquish' d rebels find 
Pardon in Christ for all mankind. 

3 Father of everlasting love, 
To every soul thy Son reveal, 

Our guilt and sufF rings to remove, 

Our deep, original wound to heal ; 
And bid the fallen race arise, 
And turn our earth to paradise. 

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The veil of unbelief. 

OTHOU, whom fain my soul would love, 
Whom only I desire to know : 
This veil of unbelief remove, 

And show me all thy goodness, show ; 
Jesus, thyself in me reveal ; 
Tell me thy name, thy nature tell. 

2 Hast thou been with me, Lord, so loner, 
Yet thee, my Lord, have I not known ? 

1 claim thee with a fait' ring tongue ; 
I pray thee, in a feeble groan, 

Tell me, tell me, who thou art, 
And speak thy name into my heart. 

3 If now thou talkest by the way 
With me, the abject sinner, me, 

The mystery of grace display ; 

Open mine eyes that I may see : 
That I may understand thy word, 
And now cry out, — It is the Lord I 

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Christ our pattern and example. 

SAVIOUR of all, what hast thou done ? 
What hast thou suffer'd on the tree ? 
Why didst thou groan thy mortal groan, 

Obedient unto death for me? 
The myst'ry of thy passion show, — 
The end of* all thy griefs below. 

2 Pardon, and grace, and heaven to buy, 
My bleeding sacrifice expired ; 

But didst thou not my pattern die, 
That by thy glorious Spirit, fired, 
Faithful to death I might endure, 
And make the crown by suff'ring sure ? 

3 Thou didst the meek example leave, 
That I might in thy footsteps tread ; 

Might like the Man of sorrows grieve, 

And groan, and bow with thee my Head i 
Thy dying in my body bear, 
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4*s*J The end of things created. 

1REAT God ! what do I see and hear ! 
The end of things created ; 
The Judge of mankind doth appear, 

On clouds of glory seated : 
The trumpet sounds ; the graves restore 
The dead which they contain' d before ; — 
Prepare, my soul, to meet him. 

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise, 
At the last trumpet's sounding, 

Caught up to meet him in the skies, 
With joy their Lord surrounding : 

No gloomy fears their souls dismay ; 

His presence sheds eternal day 
On those prepared to meet him. 

3 Great God ! what do I see and hear ! 
The end of things created : 

Behold the Judge of man appear, 

On clouds of glory seated : 
Low at his cross I view the day 
When heaven and earth shall pass away, 

And thus prepare to meet him. 

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Lord, teach its to pray. 

JESUS, thou sov'reign Lord of all,— 
The same through one eternal day, — 
Attend thy feeblest foil Vers call, 
And O, instruct us how to pray ! 
Pour out the supplicating grace, 
And stir us up to seek thy face. 

2 We cannot think a gracious thought, 
We cannot feel a good desire, 

Till thou, who callest worlds from naught, 

The power into our hearts inspire ; 
And then we in the Spirit groan, 
And then we give thee back thine own. 

3 Come in thy pleading Spirit down 
To us who for thy coming stay ; 

Of all thy gifts we ask but one, — 

We ask the constant power to pray : 
Indulge us, Lord, in this request, 
Thou canst not then deny the rest. 

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• The ever-present Saviour. 

JESUS, to thee our hearts we lift, 
Our hearts with love to thee o'erflow, 
With thanks for thy continued gift, 

That still thy gracious Name we know ; 
Retain our sense of sin forgiven, 
And wait for all our inward heaven. 

2 What mighty troubles hast thou shown 
Thy feeble, tempted foil' wers here : 

We have through fire and water gone ; 

But saw thee on the floods appear, 
And felt thee present in the flame, 
And shouted our Deliv'rer's name. 

3 Thou who hast kept us to this hour, 
O keep us faithful to the end ! 

When, robed in majesty and power, 

Our Jesus shall from heaven descend, 
His friends and witnesses to own, 
And seat us on his glorious throne. 



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* *JO Broken vows lamented. 

A GOD ! how often hath thine ear 
" To me in willing mercy bow'd; 
While, worshipping thine altar near, 

Lowly I wept, and strongly vow'd : 
But ah ! the feebleness of man ! 
Have I not vow'd and wept in vain ? 
2 Return, Lord of Hosts, return ! 

Behold thy servant in distress ; 
My faithlessness again I mourn ; 

Again forgive my faithlessness ; 
And to thine arms of mercy take, 
And bless me for the Saviour's sake. 



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•^^ The covenants 

THIS day the covenant I sign, — 
The bond of sure and promised peace • 
Nor can I doubt its power divine, 

Since seal'd with Jesus* blood it is ; 
That blood I take, that blood alone, 
And make the cov'nant peace mine own. 
2 But, that my faith no more may know 

Or change, or interval, or end, — 
Help me in all thy paths to go, 

And now, as e'er, thy voice attend ; 
And deign, O Lord, to call me thine, 
And I will dare to call thee mine. 

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O"" Mis everlasting Priesthood. 

OTHOU eternal Victim, slain 
A sacrifice for guilty man, 
By the eternal Spirit made 
An oifring in the sinner's stead, — 
Our everlasting Priest art thou, 
Pleading thy death for sinners now. 

2 Thy oflPring still continues new ; 
Thy vesture keeps its crimson hue ; 
Thou art the ever-slaughter'd Lamb, 
Thy priesthood still remains the same ; 
Thy years, Lord, can never fail ; 
Thy goodness is unchangeable. 

3 that our faith may never move, 
But stand unshaken as thy love: 
Sure evidence of things unseen, 
Passing the years that intervene, 
Now let it view upon the tree 

The Lord, who bleeds and dies for me, 

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Ol/l Goodness. 

OGOD, my hope, my heavenly rest, 
My all of happiness below, 
Grant my importunate request, 

To me, to me, thy goodness show, 
Thy beatific face display, 
The brightness of eternal day. 
2 Before my faith's enlighten'd eyes, 

Make all thy gracious goodness pass ; 
Thy goodness is the sight I prize : 
might I see thy smiling face : 
Thy nature in my soul proclaim, 
Reveal thy love, thy glorious name. 



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OU/W Delight in the word. 

WHEN quiet in my house I sit, 
Thy book be my companion still ; 
My joy thy sayings to repeat, — 

l?alk o'er the records of thy will. 
And search the oracles divine, 
Till every heartfelt word be mine. 

2 may the gracious words divine, 
Subject of all my converse be ; 

So will the Lord his foil' wer join, 

And walk and talk himselt with me : 
So shall my heart his presence prove, 
And burn with everlasting love. 

3 Oft as I lay me down to rest, 
may the reconciling word 

Sweetly compose my weary breast ; 

While on the bosom of my Lord 
I sink in blissful dreams away, 
And visions of eternal day. 

4 Eising to sing my Saviour's praise, 
Thee may I publish all day long : 

And let thy precious word of grace 

Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue : 
Fill all my life with purest love, 
And join me to the church above. 

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vfO The final conquest explains all mysteries. 

THOU, Lord, on whom I still depend, 
Shalt keep me faithful to the end : 

1 trust thy truth, and love, and power, 
Shall save me till my latest hour ; 
And when I lay this body down, 
Reward with an immortal crown. 

2 Jesus, in thy great name I go, 
To conquer death, my final foe ; 
And when I quit this cumbrous clay, 
And soar on angels' wings away, 
My soul the second Jeath defies, 
And reigns eternal in the skies. 

3 Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard, 
What Christ has for his saints prepared, 
Who concmer through their Saviour's 
Who sink into perfection's height, [might, 
And trample death beneath their feet, 
And gladly die their Lord to meet. 

4 Dost thou desire to know or see 
What thy mysterious name shall be ? 
Contending for thy heavenly home, 
Thy latest foe in death o'ercome ; — 
Till then thou searchest out in vain, 
What only conquest can explain. 

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O vf^*: The witness o* entire consecration. 

POME, Holy Ghost, all-quick'nmg fire 
^ Come, and in me delight to rest ; 
Drawn by the lure of strong desire, 

come and consecrate my breast. 
The temple of my soul prepare, 
And fix thy sacred presence there. 
2 If now thine influence I feel, 

If now in thee begin to live, 



Still to my heart thyself reveal ; 

Give me thyself, forever give : 
A point my good, a drop my store, 
I Eager I ask, I pant for more. 

3 Eager for thee I ask and pant, 
So strong the principle divine 

Carries me out with sweet constraint, 

Till all my hallow' d soul is thine ; 
Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea, 
And lost in thy immensity. 

4 My peace, my life, my comfort thou, 
My treasure and my all thou art ; 

True witness of my sonship, now 
Engraving pardon on my heart : 
Seal of my sins in Christ forgiven, 
Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven. 

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v *^ Resolution to return. 

YES, from this instant, now, I will 
To my offended Father cry • 
My base ingratitude I feel ; 

Vilest of all thy children, I ; 
Not worthy to be call'd thy son ; 
Yet will I thee my Father own. 

2 Guide of my life hast thou not been, 
And rescued me from passion's power '? 

Ten thousand tunes preserved from sin, 

Nor let the greedy grave devour ? 
And wilt thou now thy wrath retain, 
Nor ever love thy child again ? 

3 If thou hast call'd me to return, — 
If weeping at thy feet I fall, — 

The prodigal thou wilt not spurn, 

But pity and forgive me all, 
In answer to my Friend above, — 
In honour of his bleeding love. 

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w Victorious prayer. 

YIELD to me now, for I am weak. 
But confident in self-despair ; 
Speak to my heart, in blessings speak ; 

Be conquer'd by my instant prayer: 
Speak, or thou never hence shalt move, 
And tell me if thy name be Love. 
| 2 'Tis Love ! 'tis Love ! thou diedst for 
I hear thy whisper in my heart ; [me, 
I The morning breaks, the shadows flee ; 

Pure, universal Love thou art : 
i To me, to all, thy bowels move, — 
Thy nature and thy name is Love. 

3 My prayer hath power with God; the 
Unspeakable I now receive ; [grace 

Through faith I see thee face to face ; 

I see thee face to face and live 1 
In vain I have not wept and strove ; 
Thy nature and thy name is Love. 

4 I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, — 
Jesus, the feeble sinner's Friend : 

Nor wilt thou with the night depart, 

But stay and love me to the end : 
Thy mercies never shall remove ; 
Thy nature and thy name is Love. 



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oUi The good Shepherd. 

THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 
And feed me with a shepherd's care ; 
His presence shall my wants supply, 
And guard me with a watchful eye : 
My noon-day walks he shall attend, 
And all my midnight hours defend. 

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint, 
Or on the thirsty mountain pant, 
To fertile vales and dewy meads. 
My weary, wand'ring steps he leads, 
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
Amid the verdant landscape flow. 

3 Though in a bare and rugged way, 
Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, 

. Thy bounty shall my pains beguile, 
The barren wilderness shall smile, 
With sudden greens and herbage crown' d, 
And streams shall murmur all around. 

4 Though in the paths of death. I tread, 
With gloomy horrors o'erspread, 

My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, 
For thou, O Lord, art with me still : 
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 
And guide me through the dreadful shade. 

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oUc) Messiah the Saviour and the Judge. 

MESSIAH, joy of every heart, 
Thou, thou the King of glory art, 
The Father's everlasting Son : 
Thee it delights thy Church to own ; 
For all our hopes on thee depend, 
Whose glorious mercies never end. 

2 When thou hadst render'd up thy breath, 
And, dying, drawn the sting of death, 
Thou didst from earth triumphant rise, 
And ope the portals of the skies ; 

That all who trust in thee alone 
Might follow and partake thy throne. 

3 Seated at God's right hand again, 
Thou dost in all his glorv reign ; 
Thou dost, thy Father's image, shine 
In all the attributes divine ; 

And thou with judgment clad shalt come 
To seal our everlasting doom. 

4 Wherefore we now for mercy pray ; 
Saviour, take our sins away : 
Before thou as our Judge appear, 

In dreadful majesty severe, 
Appear our Advocate with God, 
And save the purchase of thy blood. 

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" The signature of divine love. 

WHEN shall I hear the inward voice, 
Which only faithful souls can hear ? 
Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys 

Attend thy promised Comforter : 
come, and righteousness divine, 
And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine. 



2 O that the Comforter would come, 
Nor visit as a transient guest ; 

But fix in me his constant home, 

And keep possession of my breast ; 
And make my soul his loved abode, 
The temple of indwelling God. 

3 Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire ; 
Attest that I am born again ; 

Come, and baptize me now with fire, 
Nor let thy former gifts be vain : 

1 cannot rest in sins forgiven : 
Where is the earnest of my heaven ? 

4 Where the indubitable seal, 

That ascertains the kingdom mine ? 
The powerful stamp I long to feel, — 

The signature of love divine : 
shed it in my heart abroad, 
Fulness of love, of heaven, of God ! 

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I will follow thee withersoever thou goest. 

|\j ASTER, I own thy lawful claim ; 

Thine, wholly thine, I long to be ; 
Thou seest, at last, I willing am, 

Where'er thou go'st, to follow thee ; 
Myself in all things to deny : 
Thine, wholly thine, to live and die. 

2 Pleasure, and wealth, and praise no more 
Shall lead my captive soul astray ; 

My fond pursuits I all give o'er ; 

'Thee, only thee, resolved to' obey ; 
My own in all things to resign, 
And know no other will but thine. 



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The power of prayer. 



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A WONDROUS power of faithful prayer ! 
" What tongue can tell the' almighty grace ? 
God's hands or bound or open are, 

As Moses or Elijah prays : 
Let Moses in the Spirit groan, 
And God cries out, — Let me alone!—- 

2 Let me alone, that all my wrath 
May rise, the wicked to consume : 

While justice hears thy praying faith, 

It cannot seal the sinner's doom : 
My son is in my servant's prayer, 
And Jesus forces me to spare. 

3 Father, we ask in Jesus' name ; 
In Jesus' power and spirit pray ; 

Divert thy vengeful thunder's aim; 

turn thy threat'ning wrath away ! 
Our guilt and punishment remove, 
And magnify thy pard'ning love. 

4 Father, regard thy pleading Son ; 
Accept his all-availing prayer; 

And send a peaceful answer down, 

In honour of our Spokesman there : 
Whose blood proclaims our sins forgiven, 
And speaks thy rebels up to heaven. 



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O X <W £ n gy e si n gi e to the glory of God. 

BEHOLD ! the servant of the Lord, 
1 wait thy guiding hand to feel ; 
To hear and keep thy every word, — 
To prove and do thy perfect will : 
Joyful from my own works to cease, 
Glad to fulfill all righteousness. 

2 And if thy grace vouchsafe to use, 
The meanest of thy creatures, me, 

The deed, the time, the manner choose ; 

Let all my fruit me found of thee : 
Let all my works in thee be wrought, — 
By 1 hee to full perfection brought. 

3 3dy every weak, though good design, 
O'errule or change, as seems thee meet ; 

Jesus, let all my work be thine ! 

Thy work, O Lord, is all complete, 
And pleasing in thy Father's sight ; 
Thou only hast done all things right. 

4 Here, then, to thee thine own I leave, 
~$A ould as thou wilt thy passive clay ; 

But let me all thy stamp receive, — 

But let me all thy words obey : 
Serve with a single heart and eye, 
And to thy glory live and die. 



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The mourner blessed. 



813 

JESUS, if still the same thou art, 
If all thy promises are sure, 
Set up thy kingdom in my heart, 

Aud make me rich, for I am poor : 
To me be all thy treasures given, — 
The kingdom of an inward heaven. 

2 Thou hast pronounced the mourner blest. 
And lo ! for thee I ever mourn ; 

I cannot, no, I will not rest, 

Till thou, my only rest, return : 
Till thou, the Prince of peace, appear, 
And I receive the Comforter. 

3 Where is the blessedness bestow' d 
On all that hunger after thee ? 

1 hunger now, I thirst for God ; 
See the poor fainting sinner, see ; 

And satisfy with endless peace, 
And fill me with thy righteousness. 

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Thy name is Love. 

THE Sun of righteousness on me 
*- Hath risen with healing in his winars : 
Wither' d my nature's strength, from thee 

My soul its life and succour brings : 
My help is all laid up above • 
Thy nature and thy name is Love. 

2 Contented now, upon my thigh 

I halt, till life's short journey end ; 



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The divine Interpreter. 



All helplessness, all weakness, I 

On thee alone for strength depend : 
Nor have I power from thee to move : 
Thy nature and thy name is Love. 

3 Lame as I am, I take the prey ; 
Hell, earth, and sin, with ease o'ercome; 

1 leap for joy, pursue my way, 
And, as a bounding hart, fly home, 

Through all eternity to prove 
Thy nature and thy name is Love. 

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QPIKIT of truth, essential God, 
^ Who didst thine ancient saints inspire, 
Shed in their hearts thy love abroad, 

And touch their hallow'd lips with fire :. 
Our God from all eternity, 
World without end we worship thee. 

2 Still we believe, almighty Lord, 
Whose presence fills both earth and 

heaven, 

The meaning of the written word 

Is by thy inspiration given : 
Thou only dost thyself explain 
The secret mind of God to man. 

3 Come, then, divine Interpreter, — 
The Scriptures to our hearts apply ; 

And, taught by thee, we God revere ; 

Him in three persons magnify : 
And still the triune God adore, 
Who was, and is, for evermore. 

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O X a li ve ly sacrifice to God. 

GOD, what off'ring shall I give 







To thee, the Lord of earth and skies ? 
My spirit, soul, and flesh receive, 

A holy, living sacrifice : 
Small as it is, 'tis all my store ; 
More shouldst thou have if I had more. 

2 Now, then, my God, thou hast my soul : 
No longer mine, but thine-I am : 

Guard thou thine own, possess it whole ; 

Cheer it-with hope, with love inflame. 
Thou hast my spirit ; there display 
Thy glory to the perfect day. 

3 Thou hast my flesh, thy hallow' d shrine, 
Devoted solely to thy will : 

Here let thy light forever shine : 

This house still let thy presence fill. 
Source of life ! live, dwell, and move 
In me, till all my life be love. 

4 Lord, arm me with thy Spirit's might : 
Since I am calld by thy great name, 

In thee let all my thoughts unite ; 

Of all my works be thou the aim : 
Thy love attend me all my days, 
And my sole business be thy praise. 



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01 < The premises are sure. 

PRIS'NERS of hope, be strong, be bold ; 
Cast off your doubts, disdain to fear ; 
Dare to believe ; on Christ lay hold ; 

Wrestle with Christ in mighty prayer ; 
Tell him, — We will not let thee go, 
Till we thy name, thy nature know. 

2 Hast thou not died to purge our sin, 
And risen, thy death lor us to plead ? 

To write thy law of love within 

Our hearts, and make us free indeed ? 
That we our Eden might regain, 
Thou diedst, and couldst not die in vain. 

3 The promise stands, forever sure, 
And we shall in thine image shine, 

Partakers of a nature pure, 

Holy, angelical, divine : 
In Spirit joined to thee, the Son, 
As thou art with thy Father one. 

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Whose faith follow. 

HE'S gone ! the spotless soul is gone, 
Triumphant to his place above ; 
The prison walls are broken down ; 

The angels speed his swift remove, 
And, shouting, on their wings he flies, 
And gains his rest in paradise. 

2 Saved by the merit of his Lord, 
Glory and praise to Christ he gives ; 

Yet still his merciful reward 

According to his works receives ; 
And with the seed he sow'd below, 
His bliss eternally shall grow. 

3 Father, to us vouchsafe the grace 
Which brought our friend victorious 

through, 
Let us his shining footsteps trace ; 

Let us his steadfast faith pursue ; 
Follow this foll'wer of the Lamb, 
And conquer all through Jesus' Name. 

4 O may we all, like him, believe, 

And keep the faith, and win the prize ! 
Father, prepare, and then receive 

Our hallow'd spirits to the skies, 
To chant, with all our friends above, 
Thy glorious, everlasting love. 

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The prize of our high calling. 

JESUS, thy boundless love to me 
No thought can reach, no tongue de- 
O knit my thankful heart to thee, [clare ; 

And reign without a rival there : 
Thine wholly, thine alone, I am ; 
Be thou alone my constant flame. 
2 O grant that nothing in my soul 

May dwell, but thy pure love alone : 
may thy love possess me whole, — 

My joy, my treasure, and my crown : 
Strange flames far from my heart remove ; 
My every act, word, thought, be love. 



j 3 Unwearied may I this pursue ; 

Dauntless to the high prize aspire ; 
! Hourly within my soul renew 

This holy flame, this heavenly fire : 
And day and night, be all my care 
To guard the sacred treasure there. 

4 In suff'ring be thy love my peace ; 

In weakness be thy love my power ; 
And when the storms of life shall cease, 

Jesus, in that important hour. 
In death as life be thou my guide, 
And save me, who for me hast died. 

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Pleading for restoring grace. 

O'TIS enough, my God, my God ! 
Here let me give my wand'rings o'er ; 
No longer trample on thy blood, 

And grieve thy gentleness no more ; 
No more thy ling'ring anger move, 
Or sin against thy light and love. 

2 Lord, if mercy is with thee, 
Now let it unto me be shown ; 

To me, the chief of sinners, me, 

Who humbly for thy mercy groan : 
Me to thy Father's grace restore, 
Nor let me ever grieve thee more. 

3 Fountain of unexhausted love, — 
Of infinite compassion, — hear : 

My Saviour, and my Prince above, 
Once more in my behalf appear : 
Repentance, faith, and pardon give : 
O let me turn again and live ! 

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C7 /W J. z>h e antepast of heaven. 

TSTHERE shall my wond'ring soul begin ? 
• * How shall I all to heaven aspire ? 
A slave redeem'd from death and sin, — 

A brand pluck' d from eternal fire, — 
How shall I equal triumphs raise, 
Or sing my great Deliv'rer's praise. 

2 how shall I the goodness tell, 
Father, which thou to me hast show'd ? 

That I, a child of wrath and hell, 

I should be call'd a child of God, 
Should know, should feel my sins forgiven^ 
Blest with this antepast of heaven. 

3 And shall I slight my Father's love, 
Or basely fear his gifts to own ? 

Unmindful of his favours prove ? 

Shall I, the hallow'd cross to shun, 
Refuse his righteousness to' impart, 
By hiding it within my heart ? * 

4 No : though the ancient dragon rage, 
And call forth all his hosts to war ; 

Though earth's self-righteous sons engage. 

Them and their god alike I dare ; 
Jesus, the sinner's Friend, proclaim ; 
Jesus, to sinners still the same. 



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° <V ^ Zove divine. 

OLOVE divine, what hast thou done ! 
The' incarnate God hath died for me ! 
The Father's co-eternal Son 

Bore all my sins upon the tree ! 
The Son of God for me hath died : 
My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 

2 Behold him, all ye that pass by, — 
The bleeding Prince of life and peace ! 

Come see, ye worms, your Saviour die, 

And say J was ever grief like his ? 
Come, feel with me his blood applied : 
My Lord, my Love, is crucified: — 

3 Is crucified for me and you, 

To bring us rebels back to God : 
Believe, believe the record true, — 

Ye all are bought with Jesus' blood : 
Pardon for all flows from his side ; 
My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 

4- Then let us sit beneath his cross, 
And gladly catch the healing stream ; 

All things for him account but loss, 
And give upj all our hearts to him : 

Of nothing thmk or speak beside, — 

My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 

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O O The sanctifying and sealing spirit. 

FATHER of everlasting grace, 
Thy goodness and thy truth we praise, 
Thy goodness and thy truth we prove ; 
Thou hast, in honour of thy Son, 
The gift unspeakable sent down, — 
Spirit of hie, and power, and love. 

2 Send us the Spirit of thy Son, 

To make the depths of Godhead known, 
To make us snare the life divine : 

Send him the sprinkled blood to' apply ; 

Send him our souls to sanctify, 
And show and seal us ever thine. 

3 So shall we pray, and never cease ; 
So shall we thankfully confess 

Thy wisdom, truth, and power, and love ; 
With' joy unspeakable adore, 
And bless and praise thee evermore, 

And serve thee as thy hosts above : — 

4 Till, added to that heavenly choir, 
We raise our songs of triumph higher, 

And praise thee in a bolder strain : 
Outsoar the first-born seraph's flight, 
And sing, with all the saints in light, 

Thy everlasting love to man. 

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Thou didst for all mankind atone, 
And standest now before the throne. 

2 Thou standest in the holiest place, 
As now for guilty sinners slam ; 

The blood of sprinkling speaks, and prays, 

All-prevalent for helpless man ; 
Thy blood is still our ransom found, 
And speaks salvation all around. 

3 We need not now go up to heaven 

To bring the long-sought Saviour down; 
Thou art to all already given, 

Thou dost e'en now thy banquet crown; — 
To every faithful soul appear, 
And show thy real presence here. 



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l ^" Faith implored. 

FATHER of Jesus Christ, the Just, 
My Friend and Advocate with thee, 
| Pity a soul that fain would trust 

In him who lived and died for me : 
I But only thou canst make him known, 
I And in my heart reveal thy Son. 

I ■ 1 i-i }, 

2 If, drawn by thine alluring grace, 

My want of living faith I feel ; 
Show me in Christ thy smiling face, — 

What flesh and blood can ne'er reveal : 
Thy co-eternal Son display, 
I And speak my darkness into day. 

! 3 The gift unspeakable impart : 
| Command the light of faith to shine — 
\ To shine in my dark, drooping heart — 
i And fill me with the life divine : 
. Now bid the new creation be ; 
j O God, let there be faith in me ! 

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Unfaithfulness acknowledged and lamented. 

OGOD, thy righteousness we own ; 
Judgment is at thy bouse begun ; 
With humble awe thy rod we hear, 
And guilty in thy sight appear ; 
We cannot in thy judgment stand, 
But sink beneath thy mighty hand. 

2 Our mouth as in the dust we lay, 
And still for mercy, mercy pray ; 
Unworthy to behold thy face, 
Unfaithful stewards of thy grace, 
Our sin and wickedness we own, 
And deeply for acceptance groan. 



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The efficacy of the atoning blood. 



3 We have not, Lord, thy gifts improved 
But basely from thy statutes roved ; 

VICTIM divine ! thy grace we claim Yet do not drive us from thy face, 
While thus thy precious death we show; A stiff-neck' d and hard-hearted race : 
Once offer'd up a spotless Lamb The melting power of love impart ; 

In thy great temple here below, Soften the marble of our heart. 



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i pilgrims and strangers ; homewardbound. 

LEADER of faithful souls, and guide 
Of all that travel to the sky, 
Come, and with us, e'en us, abide, 
Who would on thee alone rely ; 
On thee alone our spirits stay, 
While held in life's uneven way. 

2 Strangers and pilgrims here below, 
This earth, we know, is not our place; 

But hasten through the vale of woe, 

And, restless to behold thy face, 
Swift to our heavenly country move, 
Our everlasting home above. 

3 We've no abiding city here, 
But seek a city out of sight ; 

Thither our steady course we steer, 
Aspiring to the plains of light, — 
Jerusalem, the saints' abode, 
Whose founder is the living God. 

4 Patient the' appointed race to run, 
This weary world we cast behind ; 

From strength to strength we travel on, 

The New Jerusalem to find : 
Our labour this, our only aim, 
To find the New Jerusalem. 

5 Through thee, who all our sins hast borne, 
Freely and graciously forgiven, 

With songs to Zion we return, 

Contending for our native heaven ; 
That palace of our glorious King, — 
We find it nearer while we sing. 

6 Raised by the breath of love divine, 
We urge our way, with strength renew'd; 

The church of the first-born to join, 

We travel to the mount of God : 
With joy upon our heads arise, 
And meet our Saviour in the skies. 

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^ *^ When lam weak, then am I strong. 

TI7ILT thou not yet to me reveal 
*" Thy new, unutterable name ! 
Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell ; 

To know it now resolved lam; 
Wrestling, I will not let thee go, 
Till I thy name, thy nature know. 

2 What though my shrinking flesh com- 
And murmur to contend so long ? [plain, 

I rise superior to my pain : 
When I am weak, then I am strong ! 

And when my all of strength shall fail, 

I shall with the God-man prevail. 

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Infinite condescension. 

A GOB, of good the' unfathom'd sea, 
v Who would not give his heart to thee ! 

Who would not love thee with his might ! 
Jesus, lover of mankind, 
Who would not his whole soul and mind, 

With all his strength to thee unite ! 



2 Thou shin'st with everlasting rays ; 
Before the' insufferable blaze 

Angels with both wings veil their eye* : 
Yet free as air thy bounty streams ; 
On all thy works thy mercy's beams, 

Diffusive as thy sun's, arise. 

3 Astonish' d at thy frowning brow, 
Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillan 

bow; 

Terrible majesty is thine ! 
Who then can that vast love express, 
Which bows thee down to me, — who less 

Than nothing am, till thou art mine ! 

4 High throned on heaven's eternal hill, 
In number, weight, and measure, still 

Thou sweetly ord'rest all that is ; 
And yet thou deign' st to come to me, 
And guide my steps, that I, with thee 

Enthroned, may reign in endless bliss. 

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A solemn vigil. 

HOW many pass the guilty night, 
In revelling and frantic mirth ! 
The creature is their sole delight — 

Their happiness the things of earth : 
For us suffice the season past : 
We choose the better part at last. 

2 We will not close our wakeful eyes, 
We will not let our eyelids sleep, 

But humbly lift them to the skies, 

And all a solemn vigil keep ; 
So many nights on sin bestow' d, 
Can we not watch one hour for God ?. 

3 We can, Jesus, for thy sake, 
Devote our every hour to thee ; 

Speak but the word, our souls shall wake, 

And sing with cheerful melody : 
Thy praise shall our glad tongues employ 
And every heart shall dance for joy. 

4 Blest object of our faith and love, 
We listen for thy welcome voice ; 

Our persons and our works approve, 
And bid us in thy strength rejoice ; 
Now let us hear the mighty cry, 
And shout to find the Bridegroom nigh. 

5 Shout in the midst of us, King 
Of saints, and let our joys abound ; 

Let us rejoice, give thanks, and sing, 

And triumph in redemption found : 
We ask in faith for every soul ; 
let our glorious joy be full ! 

6 O may^ we all triumphant rise ; 
With joy upon our heads return ; 

And far above these nether skies, 
By thee on eagles' wings upborne, 

Through all yon radiant circles move, 
And gain the highest heaven of love. 



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Everlasting praises. 

'LL praise my Maker while I've breath, 
■ And when my voice is lost in death, 
Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; 
My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
While life, and thought, and being last, 
Or immortality endures. * 

2 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
On Israel's God ; he made the sky ; 

And earth, and seas, with all then* train ; 
His truth forever stands secure ; 
He saves the' oppress' d, he feeds the 
poor, 

And none shall find his promise vain. 

3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind ; 
The Lord supports the fainting mind ; 

He sends the lab'ring conscience peace ; 
He helps the stranger in distress, 
The widow and the fatherless, 

And grants tne pris'ner sweet release. 

4 I'll praise him while he lends me breath, 
And when my voice is lost in death, 

Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; 
Mv days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
While life, and thought, and being last, 

Or immortality endures. 



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Crucified with Christ. 



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HUMBLE, and teachable, and mild, 
O may I, as a little child, 
« My lowly Master's steps pursue ! 
Be anger to my soul unknown ; 
Hate, envy, jealousy, be gone ; 
In love create thou all things new. 

2 Let earth no more my heart divide ; 
With Christ may I be crucified ; 

To thee with my whole heart aspire : 
Dead to the world and all its toys, 
Its idle pomp, and fading joys, 

Be thou alone my one desire. 

3 My will be swallow' d up in thee ; 
Light in thy light still may I see, 

Beholding thee with open face : 
Call'd the full power of faith to prove, 
Let all my hallow'd heart be love, 

And all my spotless life be praise. 

4 Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick'ning fire 
My consecrated heart inspire, 

Sprinkled with the atoning blood : 
Still to my soul thyself reveal : 
Thy mighty working may I feel, 

And know that I am one with God. 



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O O Deriving conviction. 

"PATHER of lights, from whom proceeds 
A Whate'er thy every creature needs ; 
Whose goodness, providently nigh, 
Feeds the young ravens when they cry ; 
To thee I look ; my heart prepare ; 
Suggest, and hearken to my prayer. 

2 Since by thy light myself I see 
Naked, and poor, and void of thee, 
Thine eyes must all my thoughts survey, 
Preventing what my hps would say : 
Thou seest my wants ; for help they call ; 
And, ere I speak, thou know'st them all. 

3 Fain would I know, as known by thee, 
And feel the indigence I see ; 

Fain would I all my vileness own, 
And deep beneath the burden groan ; 
Abhor the pride that lurks within, 
Detest and loathe myself and sin. 

4 Ah, give me, Lord, thyself to feel ; 
My total misery reveal : 

Ah, give me, Lord, I still would say, 
A heart to mourn, a heart to pray : 
My business this, my only care, — 
My life, my every breath, be prayer. 



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OOrfc Th e image of the heavenly. 

LOPD over all, sent to fulfil 
Thy gracious Father's sov' reign will, 
To thy dread sceptre will I bow ; 
With duteous rev'rence at thy feet, 
Like humble Mary, lo ! I sit ; 
Speak, Lord, thy servant heareth now. 

2 The world, sin, death, oppose in vain ; 
Thou, by thy dying, death hast slain, 

My great Deliv'rer, and my God ! 
In vain does the old dragon rage ; 
In vain all hell its powers engage ; 

None can withstand thy conqu'ring 
blood. 

3 Eenew thine image, Lord, in me ; 
Lowly and gentle may I be ; 

No charms but these to thee are dear ; 
No anger may'st thou ever find, 
No pride in my unruffled mind, 

But faith and heaven-born peace be 
there. 

4 A patient, a victorious mind, 
That life and all things casts behind, 

Springs forth obedient to thy call ; 
A heart that no desire can move, 
But still to' adore, believe, and love. 

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HARK ! how the gospel trumpet sounds, 
As through the world the echo bounds, 
Proclaiming to a ruined race, 
That through the riches of His grace, 
Sinners may see the Saviour's face 
In endless day, in endles; day. 

2 Hail, Jesus ! all victorious Lord ! 
Be thou by all mankind adored ! 
For us didst thou the fight maintain, 
And o'er our foes the vict'ry gain, 
That we, with thee, might ever reign 

In endless day, in endless day. 

3 And when, through grace, our course is 
The battle fought, the vict'ry won, [run, 
Then crowns unfading we shall wear, 
The glory of thy kingdom share, 

With thee, our glorious leader, there, 
In endless day, in endless day. 

4 Then, in thy presence, heavenly King, 
[n loftier strains thy praise we'll sing, 
When with the blood- bought hosts we 

meet, 

Triumphant there, in bliss complete, 
And cast our crowns before thy feet, 
In endless day, in endless day. 

QOf* 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s 

O O \J The jubilee trumpet . 

BLOW ye the trumpet, blow 
The gladly-solemn sound ; 
Let all the nations know, 
To earth's remotest bound, 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

2 Jesus, our great High Priest, 
Hath full atonement made: 

Ye weary spirits, rest ; 
Ye mournful souls, be glad : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

3 Extol the Lamb of God,— 
The all-atoning Lamb ; 

Redemption in his blood 
Throughout the world proclaim : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

4 Ye slaves of sin and hell, 
Your liberty receive, 

And safe in Jesus dwell, 
And blest in Jesus live : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

5 Ye who have sold for naught 
Your heritage above, 

Shall have it back unbought, 
The gift of Jesus' love : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 



6 The gospel trumpet hear, — 

The news of heavenly grace ; 
And, saved from earth, appear 
Before your Saviour's face : 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 

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4 Praises to mir Prophet, Priest, and King. 

JOIN all the glorious names 
Of wisdom, love, and power, 
That ever mortals knew, 
Or angels ever bore : 
All are too mean to speak his worth, — 
Too mean to set the Saviour forth. 

2 Great Prophet of our God, 

Our tongues shall bless thy Name ; 
By thee the joyful news 

Of our salvation came, — 
The joyful news of sins forgiven, 
Of hell subdued, and peace with heaven, 

3 Jesus, our Great High Priest, 
Has shed his blood and died ; 

The guilty conscience needs 
No sacrifice beside . 
His precious blood did once atone, 
And now it pleads before the throne. 

4 O thou almighty Lord, 
Our Conqueror and King, 

Thy sceptre and thy sword, 
Thy reigning grace, we sing ; 
Thine is the power ; behold we sit 
In willing bonds beneath thy feet. 

ftQft „ 3d P. M. 4 6s A2Bs, 

kjukj Greatness and condescension. 

THE Lord Jehovah reigns, 
- 1 - His throne is built on high ; 
The garments he assumes 
Are light and majesty : 
His glories shine with beams so bright, 
No mortal eye can bear the sight. 

2 The thunders of his hand 
Keep the wide world in awe ; 

His wrath and justice stand 
To guard his holy law ; 
And where his love resolves to bless, 
His truth confirms and seals the grace 

3 Through all his mighty works 
Amazing wisdom shines ; 

Confounds the powers of hell, 
And all their dark designs ; 
Strong is his arm, and shall fulfil 
His great decrees and sov'reign will. 

4 And will this sov'reign King 
Of glory condescend ; — 

And will he write his name, 
My Father and my Friend ? 
I love his Name, I love his word ; 
Join all my powers to praise t * e Lord 



148 Hymns. 



839 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 

Steadfast rdimnce and confident anticipation. 

THOUGH waves and storms go o'er my 
head, 

Though strength, and health, and friends 
be gone, 

Though joys be wither' d all, and dead, 
Though every comfort be withdrawn ; 
On this my steadfast soul relies, — 
Father, thy mercy never dies. 

2 Fix'd on this ground will I remain, 
Though my heart fail, and flesh decay ; 

This anchor shall my soul sustain 
When earth's foundations melt away ; 

Mercy's lull power I then shall prove, 

Loved with an everlasting Love. 

O J A 1st P. M. 6 linen 8s. 

Ori v/ Room for the guilty. 

COME, O my guilty brethren, come, 
Groaning beneath your load of sin ; 
His bleeding heart shall make you room ; 

His open side shall take you in : 
He calls you now, invites you home : 
Come, O my guilty brethren, come, 

Z For you the purple current flow'd 
In pardons from his wounded side ; 

Languish'd for you the Son of God ; 
For you the Prince of glory died. 

Believe, and all your sin's forgiven 

Only believe, and yours is heaven. 



841 



1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
The day consecrated. 

GEEAT God, this hallow'd day of thine 
Demands our souls' collected powers ; 
May we employ in works divine 

Those solemn and devoted hours ; 
O may our souls, adoring, own 
The grace which calls us to thy throne. 

2 Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly ! 

Where God resides appear no more ! 
Omniscient Lord, thy piercing eye 

Doth every secret thought explore ; 
may thy grace our thoughts refine, 
And fix our hearts on things divine ! 

JLO 1st P = M. 6 lines 8s. 
O & The victory that overcometh the world. 

SUEEOUNDED by a host of foes, 
Storm' d by a host of foes within, 
Nor swift to flee, nor strong to' oppose, 

Single against hell, earth, and sin: 
Single, yet undismay'd, I am ; 

1 dare believe in Jesus' name. 

2 What though a thousand liosts engage 
A thousand worlds, my soul to shake ; 

I have a shield shall quell their rage, 

And drive the alien armies back ; 
Portray' d, it bears a bleeding Lamb ; 
I dare believe in Jesus' name. 



CJ.Q 1st P. If. 6 lines 8s. 

^ Helpless, yet happy. 

A THOU, whose wise, paternal love 
" Hath brought my active vigour down, 
Thy choice I thankfully approve ; 

And, prostrate at thy gracious throne, 
I offer up my life's remains, — 

1 choose the state my God ordains. 

2 Cast as a broken vessel by, 
Thy work I can no longer do : 

Yet while a daily death I die, 

Thy power I may in weakness show : 
My patience may thy glory raise, — 
My speechless woe proclaim thy praise. 

QJ_J_ 1st P M. 6 lines 8s 

C^*^* Pressing towards the mark. 

I THANK thee, uncreated Sun, 
That thy bright beams on me have 
shined, 

I thank thee, who hast overthrown 

My foes, and heal'd my wounded mind • 

1 thank thee, whose enlivening voice 
Bids my freed heart in thee rejoice. 

2 Uphold me m the doubtful race, 
Nor suffer me again to stray : 

Strengthen my feet, with steady pace 

Still to press forward in thy way : 
My soul and flesh, O Lord of might, 
Fill, satiate, with thy heavenly iight. 

3 Give to mine eyes refreshing tears : 
Give to my heart chaste, hallow'd fires : 

Give to my soul, with filial fears, 

The love that all heaven's host inspires, 
That all my powers, with all their might, 
In thy sole glory may unite. 

4 Thee will I love, my joy, my crown : 
Thee will I love, my Lord, my God : 

Thee will I love, beneath thy frown 
Or smile, thy sceptre or thy rod. 
What though my flesh and heart decay ; 
Thee shall I love in endless day. 

C J_ K 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 

The Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of 
the world. 

SEE, sinners, in the gospel glass, 
The Friend and Saviour of mankind : 
Not one of all the' apostate race 

But may in him salvat on find s 
His thoughts, and words, and actions 
prove, — 

His life and death,— that God is love, 

2 Behold the Lamb of God, who bears 
The sins of all the world away ; 

A servant's form he meekly wears y 

He sojourns in a house of clay : 
His glory is no longer seen, 
But God with God is man with men. 

3 See where the God incarnate stands, 
And calls his wand'ring creatures home 1 

He all day long spreads out his hands ; 

Come, weary souls, to Jesus come ! 
Ye all may hide you in his breast : 
Believe, and he will give you rest. 



Hymns. 



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3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
CJ^fcO The universal King. 

YOUNG men and maidens, raise 
Your tuneful voices high ; 
Old men and children, praise 
The Lord of earth and sky : 
Him three in one, and one in three, 
Extol to all eternity. 

2 The universal King 

Let all the world proclaim ; 
Let every creature sing 

His attributes and name : 
Him three in one, and one in three, 
Extol to all eternity. 

3 In His great Name alone 
All excellences meet, 

Who sits upon the throne, 
And shall forever sit : 
Him three in one, and one in three, 
Extol to all eternity. 

4 Glory to God belongs ; 
Glory to God be given, 

Above the noblest songs, 
Of all in earth or heaven : 
Him three in one, and one in three, 
Extol to all eternity. 

oiW 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 

Ott 4 A living sacrifice unto the Lord. 

WISDOM ascribe, and might, and praise, 
To God, who lengthens out our days ; 
Who spares us yet another year, 
And makes us see his goodness here : 
O may we all the time redeem, 
And henceforth live and die to him ! 

2 How often, when his arm was bared, 
Hath he our sinful Israel spared ; 

Let me alone, — his mercy cried, 
And turn'd the vengeful bolt aside ; 
Indulged another kmd reprieve, 
And strangely suffer' d us to live. 

3 Merciful God, how shall we raise 
Our hearts to pay thee all thy praise ? 
Our hearts shall beat for thee alone ; 

Our lives shall make thy goodness known ; 
Our souls and bodies shall be thine, 
A living sacrifice divine. 



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One shall chase a thousand. 



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848 

SAVIOUR, we know thou art 
In every age the same : 
Now, Lord, in ours exert 
The virtue of thy Name, 
And daily, through thy word, increase 
Thy blood- besprinkled witnesses. 
2 As thy command ordains, 
Thy people, saved below 
From all their sinful stains, 
Shall multiply and grow ; 
And one into a thousand rise, 
To spread thy praise through earth and 
skies. 



ojq 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8«. 

O'Jt^F The witness of the Spirit. 

EARNEST of future bliss, 
Thee, Holy Ghost, we hail; 
Fountain of holiness, 
Whose comforts never fail : 
The cleansing gift on saints bestow' d, 
The witness of their peace with God. 

2 By thee, on earth, we know 
Ourselves in Christ renew'd ; 

Brought by thy grace into 
The family of God; 
Of his adopting love the seal, 
And faithful teacher of his will. 

3 Great Comforter, descend 
In gentle breathings down ; 

Preserve us to the end, 
That no man take our crown : 
Our Guardian still vouchsafe to be, 
Nor suffer us to go from thee. 

opj/\ 1st P. M. 6 lines 8ft. 

OOU The Spirit" s hallowing seal. 

GOD of eternal truth and love, 
Vouchsafe the promised aid we claim, 
Thine own great ordinance approve ; 

The child, baptized into thy name, 
Partaker of thy nature make, 
And give him all thine image back. 

2 Father, if such thy sov'reign will, 
If Jesus did the rite enjoin, 

Annex thy hall' wing Spirit's seal, 

And let thy grace attend the sign : 
The seed of endless life impart ; 
Take for thine own this infant's heart. 

3 Answer on him thy wisdom's end, 
In present and eternal good ; 

Whate'er thou didst for man intend, 

Whate'er thou hast on man bestow'd, 
Now to this favour'd child be given, 
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 

£ K -I 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s, 

*-Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth. 

INFINITE God, to thee we raise 

*■ Our hearts in solemn songs of praise : 

By all thy works on earth adored, 

We worship thee, the common Lord : 

The everlasting Father own, 

And bow our souls before thy throne. 

2 Thee all the choir of angels sings, 
The Lord of hosts, the King of kings : 
Cherubs proclaim thy praise aloud, 
And seraphs shout the triune God ; 
And Holy, holy, holy, cry, 

Thy glory fills both earth and sky. 

3 Father of endless majesty, 

All might and love we render thee ; 
The true and only Son adore, 
The same in dignity and power ; 
And God the Holy Ghost declare, 
The saints' eternal Comforter. 



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Hymns. 



Df?o 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8i 

O *J '« ^fc&a, Father." 

ARISE, my soul, arise ; 
Shake off thy guilty fears ; 
The bleeding Sacrifice 
In my behalf appears : 
Before the throne my Surety stands, 
My name is written on his hands. 

2 He ever lives above, 
For me to intercede ; 

His all-redeeming love, 
His precious blood, to plead; 
His blood atoned for all our race, 
And sprinkles now the throne of grace. 

3 Five bleeding wounds he bear*, 
Received on Calvary; 

They pour effectual prayers, 
They strongly plead for me : — 
Forgive him, forgive, they cry, 
Nor let that ransom' d sinner die. 

4 The Father hears him pray, 
His dear anointed One : 

He cannot turn away 
The presence of his Son : 
His Spirit answers to the blood, 
And tells me I am born of God. 

5 My God is reconciled ; 

His pard'ning voice I near ; 
He owns me for his child ; 

I can no longer fear : 
With confidence I now draw nigh, 
And Father, Abba, Father, cry. 

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O *J O Longing for the house of God. 

LORD of the worlds above, 
How pleasant and how fair 
The dwellings of thy love, 
Thine earthly temples, are ; 
To thine abode my heart aspires, 
With warm desires to see my God. 

2 O happy souls that pray 
Where God appoints to hear ! 

O happy men that pay 
Their constant service there ! 
They praise thee still ; and happy they 
That love the way to Zion's hill. 

3 They go from strength to strength, 
Through this dark vale of tears, 

Till each arrives at length, 
Till each in heaven appears : 
O glorious seat ! thou, God our King, 
Shalt thither bring our willing feet. 

4 The Lord his people loves ; 
His hand no good withholds 

From those his heart approves, 
From humble contrite souls ; 
Thrice happy he, God of hosts, 
Whose spirit trusts alone in thee ! 



855 



O K A 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 

*J tt Pleading the promise. 

OTHOTJ that nearest prayer, 
Attend our humble cry ; 
And let thy servants share 
Thy blessing from on high : 
We plead the promise of thy word ; — 
Grant us thy Holy Spirit, Lord ! 

2 If earthly parents hear 
Their children when they cry ; 

If they, with love sincere, 
Their children's wants supply • 
Much more wilt thou thy love display, 
And answer when thy children pray. 

3 Our heavenly Father, thou ; 
We, children of thy grace ; 

O let thy Spirit now 
Descend and fill the place ; 
That all may feel the heavenly flame, 
And all unite to praise thy name. 

3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8f. 

Birthday. 

GOD of my life, to thee 
My cheerful soul I raise : 
Thy goodness bade me be, 
And still prolongs my days ; 

1 see my natal hour return, 

And bless the day that I was born. 

2 A clod of living earth, 
I glorify thy Name, 

From whom alone my birth, 
And all my blessings came : 
Creating and preserving grace, 
Let all that is within me praise. 

3 Long as I live beneath, 
To thee O let me live ; 

To thee my every breath 
In thanks and praises give : 
Whate'er I have, whate'er I am, 
Shall magnify my Maker's Name. 

4 My soul and all its powers 
Thine, wholly thine, shall be : 

All, all my happy hours 
I consecrate to thee : 
Me to thine image now restore, 
And I shall praise thee evermore. 

5 I wait thy will to do, 
As angels do in heaven ; 

I In Christ a creature new, 

| Most graciously forgiven : 

I I wait thy perfect will to prove, 
; All sanctified by spotless love. 

6 Then, when the work is done, 
The work of faith with power, 

Receive thy favour' d son, 
In death's triumphant hour; 
Like Moses, to thyself convey, 
I And kiss my raptured soul away. 



Hymns. 



151 



85(> 3d P.M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 

Seeking restoration. 

WHERE is the Saviour now, 
Whose smiles I once possessed ? 
Till he return, I bow, 
By heavy grief oppress'd : 
My days of happiness are gone, 
And I am left to weep alone. 

2 Where can the mourner go, 
And tell his tale of grief? 

Ah, who can soothe his woe, 
Ah, who can give relief? 
Earth cannot heal the wounded breast, 
Or give the troubled conscience rest. 

3 Jesus, thy smiles impart ; 
My gracious Lord, return, 

Bind up my broken heart, 
And bid me cease to mourn : 
Then shall this night of sorrow flee, 
And peace and heaven be found in thee. 

85*1 • 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 

The barren Jig-tree. 

THE Lord of earth and sky, 
The God of ages, praise, 
Who reigns enthroned on high, 
Ancient of endless days, — 
Who lengthens out their trials here, 
And spares us yet another year. 

2 Barren and wither' d trees, 
We cumber' d long the ground; 

No fruit of holiness 
On our dead souls was found ; 
Yet doth he us in mercy spare, 
Another and another year. 

3 When justice bared the sword 
To cut the fig-tree down, 

The pity of the Lord 
Cried, — Let it still alone : 
The Father mild inclines his ear, 
And spares us yet another year. 

4 Jesus, thy speaking blood 
From God obtain' d the grace, 

Who therefore hath bestow'd 
On us a longer space ; 
Thou didst in our benalf appear, 
And, lo we see another year. 

5 Then dig about the root ; 
Break up our fallow ground ; 

And let our gracious fruit 
To thy great praise abound ; 
let us ail thy praise declare, 
And fruit unto perfection bear. 

858 3d P. M. 46s & 2 8s. 

Parting ; — to meet again. 

JESUS, accept the praise 

That to thy Name belongs ; 
Matter of all our lays, 
Subject of all our songs ; 
Through thee we now together came, 
And part exultine: in th 1 Name. 



2 In flesh we part awhile, 
But still in spirit jovVd, 

To' embrace the happy toil 
Thou hast to each assign' d; 
And while we do thy blessed will, 
We bear our heaven about us still. 

3 let us thus go on 

In all thy pleasant ways, 
And, armed with patience, run 

With joy the' appointed race : 
Keep us and every seeking soul, 
Till all attain the heavenly goal. 

4 There shall we meet again, 
When all our toils are o'er, 

And death, and grief, and paim, 
And parting are no more ; 
We shall with all our brethren rise 
And see thee in the flaming skies. 

5 happy, happy day, 
That calls thy exiles home, 

The heavens shall pass away, 
The earth receive its doom : 
Earth we shall view, and heaven, destroy'd, 
And shout above the fiery void. 

6 According to his word, 
His oath, to sinners given, 

We look to see restored 
The ruined earth and heaven : 
In a new world his truth to prove, 
A world of righteousness and love. 

7 Then let us wait the sound 
That shall our souls release, 

And labour to be found 
Of him in spotless peace : 
In perfect holiness renew' d, 
Adorn' d with Christ, and meet for God. 

859 3d P. M. 4 6i & 2 8s, 

Our great High Priest. 

SEE where our great High Priast 
Before the Lord appears, 
And on his loving breast 
The tribes of Israel bears : 
Never without his people seen, 
The Head of all believing men. 

2 With him, the Corner-stone, 
The living stones conjoin ; 

Christ and his Church are one, — 
One body and one vine ; 
For us he uses all his powers, 
And all he has, or is, is ours. 

3 The path of Christ our Head 
The members all pursue, 

By his good Spirit led 
To act and suffer too : 
Like him, the toil, the cross, sustain, 
Till, glorious all, like him we reign. 



152 



Hymns. 



860 



3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 S 
Joyful homage. 

AWAKE, ye saints, awake ! 
And hail this sacred day : 
In loftiest songs of praise 
Your joyful homage pay : 
Come bless the day that God hath blest, 
The type of heaven's eternal rest. 

2 On this auspicious morn 
The Lord ol life arose ; 

He burst the bars of death, 
And vanquish' d all our foes ; 
And now he pleads our cause above, 
And reaps the fruit of all his love. 

3 All hail, triumphant Lord ! 
Heaven with hosannas rings, 

And earth, in humbler strains, 
Thy praise responsive sings : 
Worthy the Lamb, that once was slain, 
Through endless years to live and reign. 



861 



3d P.M. 4 6s & 28s. 
Invoicing God' s presence and blessing. 



GEEAT King of glory, come, 
And with thy favour crown 
This temple as thy home, — 
This people as thine own : 
Beneath this roof, deign to show 
How God can dwell with men below. 

2 Here may thine ears attend 

Our interceding cries, 
And grateful praise ascend, 
Like incense, to the skies : 



word 
be heard. 



Here may thy soul-converting v 
With faith be preach' d, in faith 

3 Here may our unborn sons 
And daughters sound thy praise, 

And shine, like polish' d stones, 
Through long succeeding days : 
Here, Lord, display thy saving power, 
While temples stand and men adore. 

4 Here may the listening throng 
Eeceive thy truth in love : 

Here Christians join the song 
Of the redeem' d above ; 
Till all, who humbly seek thy face, 
Rejoice in thy abounding grace. 



3d P. M. 4 6s A 2 8s. 
Bear ye one another's burdens. 



862 



THOU God of truth and love, 

We seek thy perfect way, 
Eeady thy choice to' approve, 
Thy providence to ' obey ; 
Enter into thy wise design, 
And sweetly lose our will in thine. 

2 Why hast thou cast our lot 
In the same age and place ? 



And why together brought 
To see" each other's face ; — 
To join with softest sympathy, 
And mix our friendly souls in thee ? 

3 Didst thou not make us one, 
That we might one remain ; — 

Together travel on, 
And bear each other's pain ; — 
Till all thy utmost goodness prove, 
And rise renew' d in perfect love ? 

4 Surely thou didst unite 
Our kindred spirits here, 

That all hereafter might 
Before thy throne appear ; — 
Meet at the marriage of the Lamb, 
And all thy gracious love proclaim. 

5 Then let us ever bear 
The blessed end in view, 

And join with mutual care, 
To fight our passage through ; 
And kindly help each other on, 
Till all receive the starry crown. 

6 O may thy Spirit seal 
Our souls unto that day ! 

With all thy fulness fill, 
And then transport away, — 
Away to our eternal rest, 
Away to our Eedeemer's breast. 



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Glory to glory's King. 



863 



GOD is gone up on high, 
With a triumphant noise, — 
The clarions of the sky 
Proclaim the 7 angelic joys : 
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; 
Glory ascribe to glory's King. 

2 All power to our great Lord 
Is by the Father given ; 

By angel hosts adored, 
He reigns supreme in heaven : 
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; 
Glory ascribe to glory's King. 

3 High on his holy seat, 

He bears the righteous sway ; 
His foes beneath his feet 

Shall sink and die away : 
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; 
Glory ascribe to glory's King. 

4 Till all the earth, renew' d 
In righteousness divine, 

With all the hosts of God, 
In one great chorus join, 
Join all on earth, rejoice and sing ; 
Glory ascribe to glory's King. 



Hymns. 



153 



£ s*A 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 

£j041: The Bridegroom cometh. 

YE virgin souls, arise ; 
With all the dead awake ; 
Unto salvation wise, 
Oil in your vessels take ; 
Upstarting at the midnight cry — 
Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh ! 

2 He comes, he comes, to call 
The nations to his bar, 

And take to glory all 
Who meet for glory are : 
Made ready for your full reward ; 
Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 

3 Go, meet him in the sky, 
Your everlasting Friend ; 

Your Head to glorify, 
With all his saints ascend : 
Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace 
To see, without a veil, his face. 

4 The everlasting doors 
Shall soon the saints receive, 

With seraphs, thrones, and powers, 
In glorious joy to live ; 
Far from a world of grief and sin, 
With God eternally shut in. 

5 Then let us wait to hear 

The trumpet's welcome sound : 
To see our Lord appear, 

May we be watching found : 
And when thou dost the heavens*bow, 
Be found— as, Lord, thou find'st us now. 



QAPI 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8 

Proclaiming the universal Saviour. 

LET earth and heaven agree, 
Angels and men be join'd, 
To celebrate with me 
The Saviour of mankind : 
To' adore the all-atoning Lamb, 
And bless the sound of Jesus' name. 

2 Jesus ! transporting sound ! 
The joy of earth and heaven ; 

No other help is found, 
No other name is given, 
By which we can salvation have ; 
But Jesus came the world to save. 

3 Jesus ! harmonious name ! 
It charms the hosts above ; 

They evermore proclaim, 
And wonder at his love : 
Tis ah their happiness to gaze, — 
"Tis heaven to see our Jesus' face. 

4 His name the sinner hears, 
And is from sin set free ; 



'Tis music in his ears ; 
'Tis life and victory ; 
New songs do now his lips employ 
And dances his glad heart for joy. 

5 unexampled love ! 

all-redeeming grace ! 
How swiftly didst thou move 

To save a fallen race ! 
What shall I do to make it known, 
What thou for all mankind hast done ? 

6 for a trumpet voice, 
On all the world to call, — 

To bid their hearts rejoice 
In him who died for all : 
For all, my Lord was crucified ; 
For all, for all, my Saviour died. 

86(5 3d P.M. 4 6b & 28 

Rejoicing in prospect of sanctification. 

YE ransom' d sinners, hear, 
The pris'ners of the Lord 
And wait till Christ appear, 
According to his word : 
Kejoice in hope, rejoice with me ; 
We shall from all our sins be free. 

2 In God we put our trust ; 

If we our sins confess, 
Faithful is he and just, 
From all unrighteousness 
; To cleanse us all, both you and me : 
We shall from all our sins be free. 

! 3 Surely in us the hope 
| Of glory shall appear ; 

Sinners, your heads lift up, 
; And see redemption near : 
! Again I say, Eejoice with me ; 
We shall from all our sins be free. 

4 Who Jesus' sufferings share, 
My fellow-pris'ners now, 

Ye soon the crown shall wear 
On vour triumphant brow : 
Eejoice m hope, rejoice with me ; 
We shall from all our sins be free. 

5 The word of God is sure, 
And never can remove ; 

We shall in heart be pure, 
And perfected in love : 
Eejoice in hope, rejoice with me ; 
We shall from all our sins be free. 

6 Then let us gladly bring 
Our sacrifice of praise : 

Let us give thanks and sing. 
And glory in his grace : 
Eejoice in hope, rejoice with me ; 
We shall from all our sins be free. 



154 



Hymns. 



86 H 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s 

Rejoice, evermore, and in everything give thanks. 

REJOICE, the Lord is King ; 
Your Lord and King adore ; 
Mortals, give thanks and sing, 
And triumph evermore ; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

2 Jesus, the Saviour, reigns, 
The God of truth and love ; 

When he had purged our stains, 
He took his seat above ; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

3 His kingdom cannot fail, — 

He rules o'er earth and heaven ; 
The keys of death and hell 

Are to our Jesus given ; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

4 He sits at God's right hand 
Till all his foes submit, 

And bow to his command, 
And fall beneath his feet ; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

5 He al* his foes shall quell, 
And all our sins destroy ; 

Let every bosom swell 
With pure seraphic joy ; 
Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice ; 
Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 

6 Rejoice in glorious hope, 
Jesus the Judge shall come, 

And take his servants up 
To their eternal home ; 
We soon shall hear the' archangel's voice ; 
The trump of God shall sound, — Rejoice ! 

4th P. M. 836, 886. 
^ The glorious hope. 

GLORIOUS hope of perfect love, 
It lifts me up to things above ; 
It bears on eagles' wings ; 
It gives my ravish' d soul a taste, 
And makes me for some moments feast 
With Jesus' priests and kings. 

2 Rejoicing now in earnest hope, 
I stand, and from the mountain top 

See all the land below : 
Rivers of milk and honey rise, 
And all the fruits of paradise 

In endless plenty grow. 



4 O that I might at once go up ; 
No more on this side Jordan stop, 

But now the land possess ; 
This moment end my legal years ; 
Sorrows and sins, and doubts and fears, 

A howling wilderness. 

fiAO 3d P. M. 4 6s & 28*. 

v Rejoicing in the fulfilment of the promise. 

SINNERS, lift up your hearts, 
The promise to receive ; 
Jesus himself imparts, — 
He comes in man to live : 
The Holy Ghost to man is given ; 
Rejoice in God sent down from heaven. 

2 Jesus is glorified, 

And gives the Comforter, 
His Spirit, to reside 

In all his members here : 
The Holy Ghost to man is given ; 
Rejoice in God sent down from heaven. 

3 To make an end of sin, 
And Satan's works destroy ; 

He brings his kingdom in, — 
Peace, righteousness, and joy : 
! The Holy Ghost to man is given ; 
J Rejoice in God sent down from heaven. 

4 From heaven he shall once more 
Triumphantly descend, 

And all his saints restore 
To joys that never end : 
i Then, then, when all our joys are given, 
j Rejoice in God, rejoice in heaven. 

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• Always rejoicing. 

HOW happy, gracious Lord ! are we, 
Divinely drawn to follow thee, 
Whose hours divided are 
Betwixt the mount and multitude : 
Our day is spent in doing good, 
Our night in praise and prayer. 

2 With us no melancholy void, 
No moment lingers unemploy'd, 

Or unimproved, below : 
Our weariness of life is gone, 
I Who live to serve our God alone, 
And only thee to know. 

3 The winter's night, and summer's day, 
; Glide imperceptibly away,: — 

Too short to sing thy praise ; 
Too few we find the happy hours, 
And haste to join those heavenly powers 

In everlasting lays. 



3 A land of corn, and wine, and oil, 4 With all who chant thy name on high, 

Favour'd with God's peculiar smile, And, Holy, holy, holy, cry, 

With every blessing blest ; (A bright, harmonious throng !) 

There dwells the Lord our Righteousness, We long thy praises to repeat, 
And keeps his own in perfect peace And ceaseless sing around thy seat 

And everlasting rest. , The new eternal song. 



Hymns. 



155 



om 4th P. M. 886, 886 

O 4 X Bliss-inspiring hope. 

COME on, my partners in distress, 
My comrades through the wilderness, 
Who still your bodies feel : 
Awhile forget your griefs and fears, 
And look beyond this vale of tears, 
To that celestial hill. 

2 Beyond the bounds of time and space, 
Look forward to that heavenly place, 

The saints' secure abode ; 
On faith's strong eagle pinions rise, 
And force your passage to the skies, 

And scale the mount of God. 

8 Who suffer with our Master here, 
We shall before his face appear, 

And by his side sit down ; 
To patient faith the prize is sure ; 
And all that to the end endure 

The cross, shall wear the crown. 

4 Thrice blessed, bliss-inspiring hope ! 
It lifts the fainting spirits up ; 

It brings to life the dead : 
Our conflicts here shall soon be past, 
And you and I ascend at last, 

Triumphant with our Head. 

5 That great mysterious Deity, 
We soon with open face shall see ; 

The beatific sight 
Shall fill the heavenly courts with praise, 
And wide diffuse the golden blaze 

Of everlasting light. 



4th P. M. 

The Man on Calvary. 



812 

OTHOU who hast our sorrows borne, 
Help us to look on thee, and mourn, 
On thee, whom we have slain : — 
Have pierced a thousand, thousand times, 
And by reiterated crimes 
Kenew'd thy sacred pain. 

2 O give us eyes of faith to see 
The Man transfix'd on Calvary, — 

To know thee who thou art ; 
The One Eternal God and True ; 
And let the sight affect, subdue, 

And break my stubborn heart. 

3 Lover of souls, — to rescue mine, 
Reveal the charity divine, 

That suffer' d in my stead : — 
That made thy soul a sacrifice, 
And quench'd in death those flaming eyes, 

And bow'd that sacred head. 

4 The veil of unbelief remove ; 
And by thy manifested love, 

And by thy sprinkled blood, 
Destroy the love of sin in me, 
And get thyself the victory, 

And bring me back to God. 



874 



C ty O 4th P. M. 886, 

• ^ Pleading the Saviour' 8 vicarious sacrifice. 

PROSTRATE, with eyes of faith, I see 
My Saviour nail'd upon the tree, 
For me a victim made ; 
Himself presenting to the skies 
The grand vicarious sacrifice, 
And on the altar laid. 

2 Well pleasing to our God above, 
His sacrifice of life and love 

I plead before the throne : 
Father, a prodigal receive, 
And bid a pardon'd rebel live, — 

The purchase of thy Son. 

4th P. M. 886, 866 
For the head of a family. 

I AND my house will serve the Lord : 
But first, obedient to his word s 
I must myself appear; 
By actions, words, and tempers, show 
That I my heavenly Master Know, 
And serve with heart sincere. 

2 I must the fair example set ; 
From those that on my pleasure wait 

The stumbling-block remove ; 
Their duty by my life explain, 
And still in all my works maintain 

The dignity of love. 

3 Easy to be entreated, mild, 
Quickly appeased and reconciled, 

A foll'wer of my God : 
A saint indeed I long to be, 
And lead my faithful family 

In the celestial road. 

4 Lord, if thou didst the wish infuse, 
A vessel fitted for thy use 

Into thy hands receive : 
Work in me both to will and do : 
And show them how believers true, 

And real Christians, live. 

O Yy K 4th P. M. 886, 836. 

° • *■* Pleading the sacrificial death of Christ. 

OLAMB of God, for sinners slain, 
I plead with thee, my suit to gain, — 
I plead what thou hast done : 
Didst thou not die the death for me ? 
Jesus, remember Calvary, 
And break my heart of stone. 

2 Receive the purchase of thy blood, 
My Friend and Advocate with God, — 

My ransom and my peace : 
My Surety ! thou my debt hast paid, 
For all my sins atonement made, — 

The Lord my righteousness. 

3 let thy Spirit shed abroad 
The love of my redeeming God, 

In this cold heart of mine : 
O might He now descend, and rest 
Forever in this troubled breast, 

And keep me ever thine. 



156 



Hymns. 



876 



4th P. M. 886, 886. 
Death of a relative or f riend. 

IF death our friends and us divide, 
Thou dost not, Lord, our sorrow chide 
Or frown, our tears to see ; 
Restrain' d from passionate excess, 
Thou bid'st us mourn in calm distress 
For them that rest in thee. 

2 We feel a strong immortal hope, 
Which bears our mournful spirits up, 

Beneath their mountain load ; 
Redeem' d from death, and grief, and pain, 
We soon shall find our friend again 

Within the arms of God. 

3 Pass a few fleeting moments more, 
And death the blessing shall restore 

Which death has s natch' d away ; 
For us thou wilt the summons send, 
And give us back our parted friend, 

In that eternal day, 

Cl^7 4th P. M. 886 , 886. 

O # • j< ne momentous question. 

AND am I only born to die ? 
And must I suddenly comply , 
With nature's stern decree ? 
What after death for me remains ? 
Celestial joys, or hellish pains, 
To all eternity. 

2 How then ought I on earth to live, 
While God prolongs the kind reprieve, 

And props the house of clay ? 
My sole concern, my single care, 
To watch, and tremble, and prepare 

Against that fatal day. 

3 No room for mirth or trifling here, 
For worldly hope, or worldly fear, 

If life so soon is gone ; 
If now the Judge is at the door, 
And all mankind must stand before 

The' inexorable throne ! 

4 No matter which my thoughts employ, 
A moment's misery or joy ; 

But ! when both shall end, 
Where shall I find my destined place ? 
Shall I my everlasting days 

With fiends or angels spen^ ? 

5 Nothing is worth a thought beneath, 
But how I may escape the death 

That never, never dies ! 
How make mine own election sure ; 
And when I fail on earth, secure 

A mansion in the skies. 

6 Jesus, vouchsafe a pitying ray : 

Be thou my Guide, be thou my Way 

To glorious happiness. 
Ah ! write the pardon on my heart : 
And whensoe'er I hence depart, 

Let me depart in peace. 



o w O 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

6 O The gift of faith. 

AUTHOR of faith, to thee I cry,— 
To thee, who wouldst not have me die, 
But know the truth and live : 
Open mine eyes to see thy face ; 
W ork in my heart the saving grace ; 
The life eternal give. 

2 Shut up in unbelief, I groan, 
And blindly serve a God unknown, 

Till thou'the veil remove ; 
The gift unspeakable impart, 
And write thy Name upon my heart, 

And manifest thy love. 

1 3 I know the work is only thine ; 
i The gift of faith is all divine ; 

But, if on thee we call, 
Thou wilt that gracious gift bestow, 
I And cause our hearts to feel and know 

That thou hast died for all. 

4 Thou bid'st us knock and enter in, — 
Come unto thee, and rest from sin, — 

The blessing seek and find : 
Thou bid'st us ask thy grace, and have ; 
Thou canst, thou wouldst, this moment 

Both me and all mankind. [save, 

5 Be it according to thy word ; 
Now let me find my pard'ning Lord ; 

Let what I ask be given : 
The bar of unbelief remove ; 
Open the door of faith and love, 

And let me into heaven. 

QWQ 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

1 ° ■ The love of Jesus. 

JESUS, thou soul of all our joys, 
For whom we now lift up our voice, 
And all our strength exert,— 
; Vouchsafe the grace we humbly claim ; 
Compose into a thankful frame, 
And tune thy people's heart. 

2 While in the heavenly work we join, 
Thy glory be our whole design, 

Thy glory, not our own : — 
Still let us'keep this end in view, 
And still the pleasing task pursue, 

To please our God alone. 

3 Thee let us praise, our common Lord, 
And sweetly join, with one accord, 

Thy goodness to proclaim : 
Jesus, thyself in us reveal, 
And all our faculties shall feel 

Thy harmonizing Name. 

4 With calmly reverential joy, 
let us all our lives employ 

In setting forth thy love ; 
And raise in death our triumph nigher, 
And sing, with all the heavenly choir. 

That endless song above. 



Hymns. 



157 



oda 4th P. M. 886, 88 Q. 

OOU The inioard witness. 

'PHOU great mysterious God unknown, 
■*» Whose love hath gently led me on, 

E'en from my infant days : 
Mine inmost soul expose to view, 
And tell me if I ever knew 

Thy justifying grace. 

2 If I have only known thy fear, 
And follow' d with a heart sincere, 

Thy drawings from above : 
Now, now the further grace bestow, 
And let my sprinkled conscience know 

Thy sweet forgiving love. 

3 Short of thy love I would not stop, 
A stranger to the Gospel hope, 

The sense of sin forgiven : 

1 would not, Lord, my soul deceive, 
Without the inward witness live, 

That ante-past of heaven. 

4 If now the witness were in me, 
Would he not testify of thee, 

In Jesus reconciled ? 
And should I not with faith draw nigh, 
And boldly, Abba, Father, cry, 

And know myself thy child ? 

5 Father, in me reveal thy Son, 
And to my inmost soul make known 

How merciful thou art ; 
The secret of thy love reveal, 
And by thy hall'wing Spirit dwell 

Forever in my heart. 

ftftl 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

UUJ " God a very present help in trouble. 

A GOD, thy faithfulness I plead : 
" My present help in time of need, 

My great deliv'rer thou ! 
Haste to mine aid, thine ear incline, 
And rescue this poor soul of mine : 

I claim the promise now. 

2 Where is the way ? ah, show me where, 
That I thy mercy may declare, — 

The power that sets me free : 
How can I my destruction shun ? 
How can I from my nature run ? 

Answer, O Lord, for me. 

3 One only way the erring mind 

Of man, short-sighted man, can find, 

From "inbred sin to fly : 
Stronger than love, I fondly thought 
Death, only death, can cut the knot 

Which love cannot untie. 

4 But thou, Lord, art full of grace ; 
Thy love can find a thousand ways 

To foolish man unknown : 
My soul upon thy love I cast , 
I rest me, till the storm be past, 

Upon thy love alone. 



5 Thy faithful, wise, almighty love 
Shall every stumbling-block remove, 

And make an open way : 
Thy love shall burst the shades of death, 
And bear me from the gulf beneath 

To everlasting day. 

gft<> 4th P. M.886.8S6. 

Prayer for power over temptation. 

HELP, Lord, to whom for help I fly, 
And still my tempted soul stand by 
Throughout the evil day ; 
The sacred watchfulness impart, 
And keep the issues of my heart, 
And stir me up to pray. 

2 My soul, with thy whole armour arm ; 
In each approach of sin, alarm, 

And show the danger near : 
Surround, sustain, and strengthen me, 
And fill with godly jealousy 

And sanctifying fear. 

3 Whene'er my careless hands hang down, 

let me see thy gath'ring frown, 
And feel thy warning eye ; 

And starting, cry, from ruin's brink, — 
Save, Jesus, or I yield, I sink ; 
save me, or I die. 

4 If near the pit I rashly stray, 
Before I wholly fall away, 

The keen conviction dart ; 
Eecall me by that pitying look, 
That kind, upbraiding glance, which broke 

Unfaithful Peter's heart. 

5 In me thine utmost mercy show, 
And make me, like thyself below, 

Unblamable in grace : 
Keady prepared and fitted here, 
By perfect holiness, to' appear 

Before thy glorious face. 

fifiQ 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

The pure in heart shall see God. 

SATIOUE, on me the grace bestow, 
That, with thy children, I may know 
My sins on earth forgiven ; 
Give me to prove the kingdom mine, 
And taste, in holiness divine, 
The happiness of heaven. 

2 Me with that restless, thirst inspire, 
That sacred, infinite desire, 

And feast my hungry heart ; 
Less than thyself cannot suffice ; 
My soul for all thy fulness cries, — 

For all thou hast and art. 

3 Jesus, the crowning grace impart ; 
Bless me with purity of heart, 

That now beholding thee, 

1 soon may view thy open face, 
On all thy glorious beauties gaze, 

And God forever see. 



158 



Hymns. 



884 



4th P. M. 886, 886. 
Panting after the fulness of love. 

OLOVE divine, how sweet thou art ! ■ 
When shall I find my willing heart 
Ail taken up by thee ? 

1 thirst, I faint, I die to prove 
The greatness of redeeming love, — 

The love of Christ to me. 

2 Stronger his love than death or hell ; 
Its riches are unsearchable ; 

The first-born sons of light 
Desire in vain its depths to see ; 
They cannot reach the mystery, 

The length, the breadth, the height. 

3 God only knows the love of God 
that it now were shed abroad 

In this poor stony heart: 
For love I sigh, for love I pine ; 
This only portion, Lord, be mine ; 

Be mine this better part. 

4 O that I could forever sit 
With Mary at the Master's feet ! 

Be this my happy choice ; 
My only care, delight, and bliss, 
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this 

To near the Bridegroom's voice. 

5 that I could, with favour'd John, 
Recline my weary head, upon 

The dear Redeemer's breast : 
From care, and sin, and sorrow free, 
Give me, Lord, to find in thee 

My everlasting rest. 

fiQR 4th P. M. 886, 8S6. 

Unity of spirit and of purpose. 

t^OME, wisdom, power, and grace divine ; 
J Come, Jesus, in thy name to join 
A happy, chosen band ; 
Who fain would prove thine utmost will, 
And all thy righteous laws fulfil, 
In love's benign command. 

2 If pure essential love thou art, 
Thy nature into every heart, 

Thy loving self, inspire : 
Bid ail our simple souls be one, 
United in a bond unknown, 
, Baptized with heavenly fire. 

|3 Still may we to our centre tend, 
VTo spread thy praise our common end, 

To help each other on ; 
(Companions through the wilderness, 
'To share a moment's pain, and seize 

An everlasting crown. 

4 Jesus, our tender' d souls prepare ; 
Infuse the softest social care, — 

The warmest charity ; 
The bowels of our bleeding Lamb, 
The virtues of thy wondrous name, 

The heart that was in thee. 



5 Supply what every member wants ; 
To found the fellowship of saints, 

Thy Spirit, Lord, supply ; 
So shall we all thy love receive, 
Together to thy glory live, 

And to thy glory die. 

886 4th P. M.886, 886. 

God's glorious presence. 

THOU God of power, thou God of love, 
Whose glory fills the realms above, 
Whose praise archangels sing, 
And veil their faces while they cry. 
Thrice holy, to their God most High, 
Thrice holy to their King :— 

2 Thee as our God we too would claim, 
And bless the Saviour's precious name, 

Through whom this grace is given : 
He bore the curse to sinners due, 
He forms their ruin'd souls anew, 

And makes them heirs of heaven. 

3 The veil that hides thy glory rend, 
And here in saving power descend, 

And fix thy blest abode ; 
Here to our hearts thyself reveal, 
And let each waiting spirit feel 

The presence of our God. 

GftlT 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

• The brink of fate. 

LO ! on a narrow neck of land, 
'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand, 
Secure, insensible : 
A point of time, a moment's space, 
Removes me to that heavenly place, 
Or shuts me up in hell. 

2 God, mine inmost soul convert, 
And deeply on my thoughtful heart 

Eternal things impress : 
Give me to feel their solemn weight, 
And tremble on the brink of fate, 

And wake to righteousness. 

3 Before me place, in dread array, 
The pomp of that tremendous day, 

When thou with clouds shalt come 
To judge the nations at thy bar ; 
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, 

To meet a joyful doom ? 

4 Be this my one great business here- 
with serious industry and fear 

Eternal bliss to' ensure ; , 
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, 
And suffer all thy righteous will, 

And to the end endure. 

5 Then, Saviour, then my soul receive. 
Transported from this vale, to live 

And reiern with thee above, 
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 
And hope in full, supreme delight, 

And everlasting love. 



Hymns. 



159 



^ O G 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

OOO Entire dependence on Christ. 

EXCEPT the Lord conduct the plan, 
The best concerted schemes are vain, 
And never can succeed ; 
We spend our wretched strength for 
naught ; 

But if our works in thee be wrought, 
They shall be blest indeed. 

2 Lord, if thou didst thyself inspire 
Our souls with this intense desire, 

Thy goodness to proclaim ; 
Thy glory if we now intend, 
O let our deeds begin and end 

Complete in Jesus 1 name. 

3 In Jesus' name behold we meet, 
Far from an evil world retreat, 

And all its frantic ways ; 
One only thing resolved to know, 
And square our useful lives below, 

By reason and by grace. 

4 Not in the tombs we pine to dwell, 
Not in the dark monastic cell, 

By vows and grates confined ; 
Freely to all ourselves we give, 
Constrain' d by Jesus' love to live 

The servants of mankind. 

5 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart, 
To govern each devoted heart, 

And fit us for thy will ; 
Deep founded in the truth of grace, 
Build up thy rising Church, and place 

The city on the hill. 

6 let our love and faith abound ; 

let our lives, to all around, 
With purest lustre shine ; 

That all around our works may see, 
And give the glory, Lord, to thee, 
The heavenly light divine. 

WWU 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

° ° The blessed hope. 

BUT can it be that I should prove 
Forever faithful to thy love,— 
From sin forever cease ? 

1 thank thee for the blessed hope ; 
It lifts my drooping spirits up ; 

It gives me back my peace. 

2 In thee, Lord, I put my trust ; 
Mighty, and merciful, and just, 

Thy sacred word is past ; 
And I, who dare thy word believe, 
Without committing sin shall live, — 

Shall live to God at last. 

3 I rest in thine almighty power ; 
The name of Jesus is my tower 

That hides my life above : 
Thou canst, thou wilt, my helper be ; 
My confidence is all in thee, 

The faithful God of love. 



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4 Wherefore, in never-ceasing prayer, 
My soul to thy continual care 

I faithfully commend ; 
Assured that thou through life wilt save, 
And show thyself beyond the grave 

My everlasting Friend. 

dq/\ 4th P. M. 886, m. 

O «^ vf gratitude evinced by living to God's glory. 

E it my only wisdom here 
To serve the Lord with filial fear, 
With loving gratitude : 
Superior sense may I display 
By shunning every evil way, 
And walking in the good. 
2 O may I still from sin depart : 
A wise and understanding heart, 

Jesus, to me be given : 
And let me through thy Spirit know 
To glorify my God below, 
And find my way to heaven. 

OQ1 4th P. M. 886, 886 

O *7 A j n time of peace. 

A NATION God delights to bless, 
Can all our raging foes distress, 
Or hurt whom they surround ? 
Hid from the general scourge we are, 
Nor see the bloody waste of war, 
Nor hear the trumpet's sound. 
2 may we, Lord, the grace improve, 
By lab'ring for the rest of love — ■ 

The soul-composing power ; 
Bless us with that internal peace, 
And all the fruits of righteousness, 
Till time shall be no more. 

892 

Tokens of thejm 

HOW happy are the little flock, 
Who, safe beneath their guardian-rock, 
In all commotions rest l 
When war's and tumult's waves run high, 
Unmoved, above the storm they lie, 
They lodge in Jesus' breast. 

2 The plague, and dearth, and din of war, 
Our Saviour's swift approach declare, 

And bid-our hearts arise : 
Earth's basis shook confirms our hope ; 
Its cities' fall but lifts us up, 

To meet thee in the skies. 

3 Thy tokens we with joy confess, 
The war proclaims the Prince of peace, 

The earthquake speaks thy power ; 
The famine all thy fulness brings, 
The plague presents thy healing wings, 

And nature's final hour. 

4 Whatever ills the world befall 
A pledge of endless good we call, 

A sign of Jesus near : 
His chariot will not long delay ; 
We hear the rumbling wheels, and pray, — 

Triumphant Lord, appear. 



4th P. M. 886. 885. 
a source of joy to the believer. 



160 



COO 4th P. M. 886, £86. 

^ *^ Divine conformity. 

JESUS, fulfil our one desire, 
And spread the spark of living fire 
Through every hallow 7 d breast : 
Bless with divine conformity, 
And give us now to find in thee 
Our everlasting rest. 

2 O that we now the power might feel, 
To do on earth thy blessed will, 

As angels do above : — 
To walk in thee, the Truth, the Way, 
And ever perfectly obey 

Thy sweet constraining love. 

CQi 4th P, M. 836, 886. 

^* The pilgrim's happy lot. 

HOW happy is the pilgrim's lot ; 
How free from every anxious thought, 
From worldly hope and fear ! 
Confined to neither^ court nor cell, 
His soul disdains" on earth to dwell, 
He only sojourns here. 

2 This happiness in part is mine, 
Already saved from low design, 

From every creature-love ; 
Blest with the scorn of finite good, 
My soul is lightened of its load, 

And seeks the things above. 

3 There is my house and portion fair ; 
My treasure and my heart are there, 

And my abiding home ; 
For me my elder brethren stay, 
And angels beckon me away, 

And Jesus bids me come. 

4 I come, thy servant, Lord, replies : 

1 come to meet thee in the skies, 
And claim my heavenly rest ! 

Soon will the pilgrim's journey end; 
Then, my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
Eeceive me to thy breast ! 

895 4th P. M. 886, 886. 

Languishing for deliverance. 

CONQUER this rebellious will ! 
Willing thou art, and ready still ; 
Thy help is always nigh : ' 
The hardness from my heart remove, 
And give me, Lord, give me love, 
Or at thy feet I die. 

2 To thee I lift my mournful eye : 
Why am I thus ? tell me why 

I cannot love my God. 
The hindrance must be all in me : 
It cannot in my Saviour be ; — 

Witness that streaming blood. 

3 It cost thy blood my heart to win, 
, To buy me from the power of sin, 

And make me love again : 
Come, then, my Lord, thy right assert ; 
Take to thyself my ransom' d heart, 

Nor bleed nor die in vain. 



896 4th P. M. 886, 886, 
Looking unto Jesus. 

A RE there not in the labourer's day 
** Twelve hours in which he safely may. 

His calling's work pursue ? 
Though sin and Satan still are near, 
Nor sin nor Satan can I fear, 

With Jesus in my view. 

2 Light of the world ! thy beams I bless ; 
On thee, bright Sun of righteousness, 

My faith has fix'd its eye : 
Guided by thee, through all I go, 
Nor fear the ruin spread below, 

For thou art always nigh. 

j 3 Ten thousand snares my paths beset, 
Yet will I, Lord, the work complete, 

Which thou to me hast given ? 
Regardless of the pains I feel, 
Close by the gates of death and hell, 

I urge my way to heaven. 

897 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
The glory of His grace. 

LET all on earth their voices raise, 
To sing the Great Jehovah's praise, 
And bless his holy Name : 
His glory let the heathen know, 
His wonders to the nations show, 
His saving grace proclaim. 

2 He framed the globe ; he built the sky ; 
He made the shining worlds on high, 

And reigns in glory there : 
His beams are majesty and light ; 
His beauties, how divinely bright ! 

His dwelling-place, how fair ! 

3 Come the great day, the glorious hour, 
When earth shall feel his saving power, 

All nations fear his name : 
Then shall the race of men confess 
The beauty of his holiness, 

His saving grace proclaim. 

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The aged pilgrim. 

TRY mercy heard my infant prayer ; 
Thy love, with kind, paternal care, 
Sustain' d my childish days : 
Thy goodness watch' d my ripening youthj 
And form'd my heart to love thy truth, 
And fill'd my lips with praise. 

2 And now, in age and grief, thy Name 
Doth still my languid heart inflame, 

And bow my faltering knee : 
0, yet this bosom feels the fire : 
This trembling hand and drooping lyre 

Have yet a strain for thee ! 

3 Yes : broken, tuneless, still, Lord, 
This voice, transported, shall record 

Thy goodness, tried so long ; 
Till, sinking slow, with calm decay, 
Its feeble murmurs melt away 

Into a seraph's song. 



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° • ' Mercy for the chief of sinners. 

DEPfH of mercy ! can there be 
Mercy still reserved for me ? 
Can my God his wrath forbear ? 
Me, the chief of sinners, spare ? 

2 I have long withstood his grace ; 
Long provoked him to his face ; 
Would not hearken to his calls ; 
Grieved him by a thousand falls. 

3 Now incline me to repent ; 
Let me now my sins lament ; 
Now my foul revolt deplore, 
Weep, believe, and sin no more. 

4 Kindled his relentings are ; 
Me he now delights to spare ; 
Cries, how shall I give thee up ? — 
Lets the lifted thunder drop. 

5 There for me the Saviour stands ; 
Shows his wounds, and spreads his hands ; 
God is love ! I know, I feel ; 
Jesus weeps, and loves me still. » 

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WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be 
Perfectly resign' d to thee ? 
Poor and vile in mine own eyes, 
Only in thy wisdom wise ? 

2 Only thee content to know, 
Ignorant of all below ? 
Only guided by thy light ? 
Only mighty in thy might ? 

3 So I -may thy Spirit know, 
Let him as he listeth blow : 
Let the manner be unknown, 
So I may with thee be one : — 

4 Fully in my life express 
All the heights of holiness ; 
Sweetly let my spirit prove, 
All the depths of humble love. 



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Perfect submission. 



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Christ liveth in me. 



901 

LOVING Jesus, gentle Lamb, 
In thy gracious hands I am ; 
Make me, Saviour, what thou art; 
Live thyself within my heart. 
2 I shall then show forth thy praise ; 
Serve thee all my happy days ; 
Then the world shall always see 
Christ, the holy child, in me. 

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gnori tne wor & { n righteousness. 

SAVIOUE of the sin-sick soul, 
Give me faith to make me whole : 
Finish thy great work of grace ; 
Out it short in righteousness. 
2 Speak the second time, — Be clean ! 
Take away my inbred sin ; 
Every stumbling-block remove ; 
Cast k <rat by perfect love. 



3 Nothing less will I require ; 
Nothing more can I desire : 
None but Christ to me be given ; — 
None but Christ in earth or heaven. 

4 that I might now decrease ! 
O that all I am might cease ! 

| Let me into nothing fall: 
i Let my Lord be all in all ! 

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| «/VO Instability. 

1 TESUS, shall I never be 

| « Firmly grounded upon thee ? 

Never by thy work abide ? 
; Never in thy wounds reside ? 
j 2 how wav'ring is my mind, 

Toss'd about with every wind ; 
j how quickly doth my heart 

From the living God depart. 

3 Jesus, let my nature feel 
Thou art God unchangeable : 
Jah, Jehovah, great I AM, 
Speak into my soul thy Name. 

4 Grant that every moment I 

| May believe and feel thee nigh ; 
Steadfastly behold thy face, 
'Stablish'd with abiding grace. 

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«J v/TT Perfect peace. 

PEINCE of peace, control my will ; 
Bid this struggling heart be still ; 
Bid my fears and doubtings cease, — 
Hush my spirit into peace. 

2 Thou hast bought me with thy blood, 
Open'd wide the gate to God : 

Peace I ask — but peace must be, 
Lord, in being one with thee. 

3 May thy will, not mine, be done ; 
Mt*y thy will and mine be one : 
Chase these doubtings from my heart ; 
Now thy perfect peace impart. 

4 Saviour ; at thy feet I fall ; 
Thou my life, my God, my all ! 
Let thy happy servant be 

One for evermore with thee ! 



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Weak and helpless. 

SON of God, thy blessing grant ; 
Still supply my every want ; 
Tree of life, thine influence shed : 
From thy fulness I am fed. 

2 Tend'rest branch, alas ! am I, — 
Wither without thee, and die ; 
Weak as helpless infancy : 

confirm my soul in thee ! 

3 Unsustain'd by thee, I fall ; 
Send the help for which I call : 
Weaker than a bruised reed, 
Help I every moment need. 

4 All my hopes on thee depend ; 
Love me, save me to the end ; 
Give me persevering grace ; 
Take the everlasting praise. 



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906 

The danger of delay. 

HASTEN, sinner, to be wise ! 
Stay not for the morrow's sun : 
Wisdom if you still despise, 
Harder is it to be won. 

2 Hasten, mercy to implore ! 
Stay not for the morrow's sun, 

Lest thy season should be o'er 
Ere this evening's stage be run. 

3 Hasten, sinner, to return ! 
Stay not for the morrow's sun, 

Lest thy lamp should fail to burn 
Ere salvation's work is done. 

4 Hasten, sinner, to be blest ! 
Stay not for the morrow's sun, 

Lest perdition thee arrest 
Ere the morrow is begun. 



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Panting for purity. 

HOLY Lamb, who thee receive, 
Who in thee begin to live, 
Day and night they cry to thee, — 
As thou art, so let us be ! 
2 Jesus, see my panting breast ; 
See, I pant in thee to rest ; 
Gladly would I now be clean ; 
Cleanse me now from every sin. 
8 Fix, fix my wav'ring mind ; 
To thy cross my spirit bind : 
Earthly passions far remove ; 
Swallow up my soul in love. 
4 Dust and ashes though we be, 
Full of sin and misery, 
Thine we are, thou Son of God ; 
Take the purchase of thy blood ! 

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•J\JO With tn€e tnere & mercy , 

COV'KEIGN Euler, Lord of all, 
U Prostrate at thy feet I fall ; 
Hear, hear, my ardent cry, — 
Frown not, lest I faint and die. 

2 Vilest of the sons of men, — 
Worst of rebels, I have been ; 
Oft abused thee to thy face, — 
Trampled on thy richest grace. 

3 Justly might thy vengeful dart 
Pierce this bleeding, broken heart ; — 
Justly might thy kindled ire 

Send me to eternal fire. 

4 But with thee is mercy found, — 
Balm to heal my every wound ; 
Soothe, O soothe this troubled breast,— 
Give the weary waud'rer rest. 

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The dying believer. 

HEATHLESS spirit, now arise ; 
u Soar, thou native of the skies — 
Pearl of price, by Jesus bought, 
To his glorious likeness wrought : — 



2 Go to shine before the throne ; 
Deck the Mediator's crown; 
Go, his triumphs to adorn ; 
Made for God, to God return. 

3 Angels, joyful to attend, 
Hov'ring round thy pillow bend ; 
Wait to catch the signal given, 
And convey thee quick to heaven. 

4 Burst thy shackles ; drop thy clay ; 
Sweetly breathe thyself away ; 
Singing, to thy crown remove, 
Swift of wing, and fired with love. 

5 Shudder not to pass the stream : 
Venture all thy care on Him — 
Him, whose dying love and power 
Still' d its tossing, hush'd its roar. 

6 Safe is the expanded wave, — 
Gentle as the summer's eve ; 
Not one object of his care 
Ever suffer'd shipwreck there. 

7 See the haven full in view ; 

Love divine shall bear thee through : 
Trust to that propitious gale ; 
Weigh thine anchor, spread thy sail. 

8 Saints in glory, perfect made, 
Wait thy passage through the shade ; 
Swiftly to their wish be given ; 
Kindle higher joy in heaven. 

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Little ones brought to Jesus, 

JESUS, kind, inviting Lord, 
We with joy obey thy word, 
And in earliest infancy 
Bring our little ones to thee. 

2 Born they are, as we, in sin , 
Make the' unconscious lepers clean ; 
Purchase of thy blood they are, — 
Let them in thy glory share. 

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J- A Eternal praises to the Most High. 

THEE to laud in songs divine 
Angels in thy presence join : 
We with them our voices raise, 
Echo thine eternal praise. 

2 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
Live, by heaven and earth adored : 
Thus, with them, we ever cry, 
Glory be to God most high ! 

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\*9 Prayer for the Church's extension. 

ON thy Church, power divine, 
Cause thy glorious face to shine 
Till the nations, from afar, 
Hail her as their guiding star. 
2 Then shall God, with lavish hand, 
Scatter blessings o'er the land ; 
And the world's remotest bound 
With the voice of praise resound. 



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Chrisfs universal reign. 

HASTEN, Lord, the glorious time, 
When, beneath Messiah's sway, 
Every nation, every clirne, 
Shall the gospel call obey. 

2 Mightiest kings his power shall own ; 
Heathen tribes his Name adore ; 

Satan and his host, o'erthrown, 
Bound in chains, shall hurt no more. 

3 Then shall wars and tumults cease ; 
Then be banish' d grief and pain ; 

Righteousness, and joy, and peace, 
Undisturb'd, shall ever reign. 

4 Bless we, then, our gracious Lord ; 
Ever praise his glorious Name ; 

All his mighty acts record, — 
All his wondrous love proclaim. 



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The banner of the cross. 



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GO, ye messengers of God ; 
Like the beams of morning, fly. 
Take the wonder-working rod ; 
Wave the banner cross on high. 

2 Go to many a tropic isle 
In the bosom of the deep, 

Where the skies forever smile, 
And the' oppress' d forever weep. 

3 O'er the pagan's night of care 
Pour the living light of heaven ; 

Chase away his wild despair ; 
Bid him hope to be forgiven. 

4 Where the golden gates of day 
Open on the palmy East, 

High the bleeding cross display ; 
Spread the Gospel's richest feast. 

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iJ J. Kf God's glorious perfections celebrated. 

GLORY be to God on high, 
God, whose glory fills the sky ; 
Peace on earth to man forgiven, 
Man, the well-beloved of Heaven. 

2 Sov'reign Father, heavenly King, 
Thee we now presume to sing ; 
Glad thine attributes confess, 
Glorious all, and numberless. 

3 Hail, by all thy works adored ! 
Hail the everlasting Lord ! 

Thee with thankful hearts we prove, 
God of power, and God of love. 

4 Christ our Lord and God we own, 
Christ, the Father's only Son ; 
Lamb of God for sinners slain, 
Saviour of offending man. 

5 Jesus, in thy name we pray, 
Take, take our sins away ; 
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, 
Hear, the world's atonement, Thou ! 



6 Hear, for thou, Christ, alone, 
Art with thy great Father one ; 
One the Holy Ghost with thee ; 
One supreme eternal Three. 



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Love to the Saviour. 



HARK, my soul, it is the Lord ; 
'Tis thy Saviour, — hear his word, — 
Jesus speaks, he speaks to thee : — 
Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me ? 

2 Lord, it is my chief complaint 
That my love is still so faint, 
Yet I love thee and adore : 
for grace to love thee more ! 



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Wonderful Counsellor. 



BRIGHT and joyful is the morn, 
For to us a child is born ; 
From the highest realms of heaven, 
Unto us a Son is given. 

2 On his shoulder he shall bear 
Power and majesty, and wear, 
On his vesture and his thigh, 
Names most awful, names most high. 

3 Wonderful in counsel He, 
Christ, the' incarnate Deity ; 
Sire of ages, ne'er to cease ; 

King of Kings, and Prince of peace. 

4 Come and worship at his feet ; 
Yield to him the homage meet ; 
From the manger to the throne, 
Homage due to God alone. 

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O Rejoicing in hope. 

JESUS comes with all his grace, 
Comes to save a fallen race ; 
Object of our glorious hope, 
Jesus comes to lift us up. 

2 Let the living stones cry out ; 
Let the sons of Abrah'm shout : 
Praise we all our lowly King ; 
Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing. 

3 We are now his lawful right ; 
Walk as children of the light ; 
We shall soon obtain the grace, 
Pure in heart, to see his face. 

4 We shall gain our calling's prize ; 
After God we all shall rise ; 

Fill'd with joy, and love, and peace, 
Perfected in holiness. 

5 Let us then rejoice in hope ; 
Steadily to Christ look up ; 
Trust to be redeem'd from sin, 
Wait till he appear within. 

6 Hasten, Lord, the perfect day ; 
Let thy every servant say, — 

I have now obtain' d the power, 
Born of God, to sin no more. 



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*J A *J Evening : Communion tcith God. 

SOFTLY now the light of day 
Fades upon our sight away ; 
Free from care, from labour free, 
Lord, we would commune with thee. 

1 Soon from us the light of day 
Shall forever pass away ; 
Then, from sin and sorrow free, 
Take us, Lord, to dwell with thee. 

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Of one heart and of one mind. 

JESUS, Lord, we look to thee ; 
»' Let us in thy name agree ; 
Show thyself the Prince of Peace ; 
Bid our jars forever cease. 

2 By thy reconciling love, 
Every stumbling-block remove ; 
Each to each unite, endear ; 
Come, and spread thy banner here. 

8 Make us of one heart and mind, — 
Courteous, pitiful, and kind : 
Lowly, meek, in thought and word, — 
Altogether like our Lord. 

4 Let us for each other care ; 
Each the other's burden bear ; 
To thy Church the pattern give ; 
Show how true believers live. 

5 Free from anger and from pride, 
Let us thus in God afoide ; 

All the depths of love express, — 
All the heights of holiness. 

6 Let us then with joy remove 
To the family above ; 

On the wings of angels fly ; 
Show how true believers die. 

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w/Wl Jesus Christ the corner-stone. 

ON this stone, now laid with prayer, 
Let thy church rise strong and fair ; 
Ever, Lord, thy Name be known, 
Where we lay this corner-stone. 

2 Let thy holy Child, who came 
Man from error to reclaim, 
And for sinners to atone, 

Bless, with thee, this corner-stone. 

3 May thy Spirit here give rest 
To the heart by sin oppress' d, 
And the seeds of truth be sown, 
Where we lay this corner-stone. 

4 Open wide, God, thy door, 
For the outcast and the poor, 
Who can call no house their own, 
Where we lay this corner-stone. 

5 By wise master-builders squared, 
Here be living stones prepared 
For the temple near thy throne ; — 
Jesus Christ its corner-stone. 



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FATHER of eternal grace, 
Glorify thyself in me ; 
Sweetly beaming in my face 
May the world thine image see. 

2 Happy only in thy love, 

Poor, unfriended, or unknown : 
Fix my thoughts on things above ; 
Stay my heart on thee alone. 

3 To thy gracious will resign' d— 
All thy will by me be done ; 

Give me, Lord, ' the perfect mind 
Of thy well-beloved Son. 

4 Counting gain and glory loss, 
May I tread the path he trod : 

Die with Jesus on the cross, — 
Rise with him to live with God. 



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\j & O For h umility and protection. 

OD of Love, who hearest prayer, 



Kindly for thy people care, 
Who on thee alone depend : 
Love us, save us to the end. 

2 Save us, in the prosp'rous hour, 
From the flatt'ring tempter's power ; 
From his unsuspected wiles, — 
From the world's pernicious smiles. 

3 Save us from the great and wise, 
Till they sink in their own eyes, 
Tamely "to thy yoke submit, 

Lay their honour at thy feet. 

4 Never let the world break in ; 
Fix a mighty gulf between ; 
Keep us little and unknown, 
Prized and Joved by God alone. 

5 Let us still to thee look up, — 
Thee, thy Israel's strength and hope ; 
Nothing know, or seek, beside 
Jesus, and him crucified. 

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™ * Earnest of eternal rest. 

GRACIOUS Spirit— Love divine ! 
Let thy light within me shine ; 
All my guilty fears remove ; 
Fill me with thy heavenly love. 

2 Speak thy pard'ning grace to me \ 
Set the burden'd sinner free; 
Lead me to the Lamb of God : 
Wash me in his precious blood. 

3 Life and peace to me impart ; 
Seal salvation on my heart ; 
Breathe thyself into my breast, — 
Earnest of immortal rest. 

4 Let me never from thee stray ; 
Keep me in the narrow way ; 
Fill my soul with joy divine : 
Keep me, Lord, forever thine. 



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*^ & Let aU the people praise Him. 

THANK and praise Jehovah's Name, 
For his mercies, firm and sure ? 
From eternity the same, 
To eternity endure. 

2 Let the ransom'd thus rejoice, 
Gather'cl out nf every land; 

As the people of his choice, 
Pluck'd from the destroyers hand. 

3 Let the elders praise the Lord, 
Him let all the people praise, 

When they meet, with one accord, 
In his courts on holy days. 

4 Praise him, ye who know his love ; 
Praise him from the depths beneath ; 

Praise him in the heights above ; 
Praise your Maker, all that breathe. 

5 For his truth and mercy stand, 
Past, and present, and to be, 

Like the years of his right hand, 
Like his own eternity. 

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& " Life and immortality brought to light. 

\AY of God ! thou blessed day, 



D 



At thy dawn the grave gave way 
To the power of Him within, 
Who had, sinless, bled for sin. 

2 Thine the radiance to illume 
First, for man, the dismal tomb, 
When its bars their weakness own'd, 
There revealing death dethroned. 

3 Then the Sun of righteousness 
Rose, a darkened world to bless, 
Bringing up from mortal night 
Immortality and light. 

4 Day of glory, day of power, 
Sacred be thine every hour, — 
Emblem, earnest, of the rest 
That remaineth for the blest. 

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™ * Prayer and praise. 

LORD of hosts ! to thee we raise 
Here a house of prayer and praise : 
Thou thy people's hearts prepare, 
Here to meet for praise and prayer. 

2 Let the living here be fed 

With thy word, the heavenly bread : 
Here, in hope of glory blest, 
May the dead be laid to rest. 

3 Here to thee a temple stand, 
While the sea shall gird the land : 
Here reveal thy mercy sure, 
While the sun and moon endure. 

4 Hallelujah !— earth and sky 
To the joyful sound reply : 
Hallelujah ! hence ascencl 

iVry**^ ar«d praise till time shall end. 



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™ *-* Ascension day. 

HAIL the day that sees him rise, 
Ravish' d from our wishful eyes ! 
Christ, awhile to mortals given, 
Reascends his native heaven. 

2 There the pompous triumph waits g 
Lift your heads, eternal gates ; 
Wide unfold the radiant scene ; 
Take the King of glory in. 

3 Circled round with angel povwj*^ 
Their triumphant Lord and ours, 
Conqu'ror over death and sin,— 
Take the King of glory in. 

4 Him though highest heaven receives, 
Still he loves the earth he leaves ; 
Though returning to his throne, 

Still he calls mankind his own. 

5 See, he lifts his hands above I 
See, he shows the prints of love I 
Hark, his gracious lips bestow 
Blessings on his Church below ! 

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*J & *J Discerning the Lord's body. 

JESUS, all-redeerning Lord, 
Magnify thy dying word ; 
In thine ordinance appear ; 
Come, and meet thy foll'wers here. 

2 In the rite thou hast enjoin' d, 
Let us now our Saviour find ; 
Drink thy blood for sinners shed^ 
Taste thee in the broken bread. 

3 Thou our faithful hearts prepare x 
Thou thy pard'ning grace declare; 
Thou that hast for sinners died, 
Show thyself the Crucified ! 

4 All the power of sin remove ; 
Fill us with thy perfect love ; 
Stamp us with the stamp divine ; 
Seal our souls forever thine. 



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HEAVENLY Father, sov'reign Lord.. 
Be thy glorious Name adored ! 
Lord, thy mercies never fail ; 
Hail, celestial Goodness, hail ! 

2 Though unworthy of thine ear, 
Deign our humble songs to hear ; 
Purer praise we hope to bring, 
When around thy throne we sing. 

3 While on earth ordain'd to stay, 
Guide our footsteps in thy way, 
Till we come to dwell with thee, 
Till we all thy glory see. 

4 Then, with angel-harps again.. 
We will wake a nobler strain ; 
There, in joyful songs of praise, 
Our triumphal voices raise. 



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Xj O X For a general blessing. 

NOW may He who from the dead 
Brought the Shepherd of the sheep, 
Jesus Christ, our King and Head, 
All our souls in safety keep. 

2 May he teach us to fulfil 
What is pleasing in his sight ; 

Make us perfect in his will, 
And preserve us day and night. 

3 To that great Redeemer's praise, 
Who the cov'nant seal'd with blood, 

Let our hearts and voices raise 
Loud thanksgivings to our God. 

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*-* Tribute of praise at parting. 

/CHRISTIANS, brethren, ere we part, 
^ Every voice and every heart 
Join, and to our Father raise 
One last hymn of grateful praise. 

2 Though we here should meet no more, 
Yet there is a brighter shore ; 

There, released from toil and pain, 
There we all may meet again. 

3 Now to thee, thou God of heaven, 
Be eternal glory given : 

Grateful for thy love divine, 
May our hearts be ever thine. 

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*J Signs of approaching judgment. 

IN the sun, and moon, and stars, 
Signs and wonders there shall be ; 
Earth shall quake with inward wars, 
Nations with perplexity. 

2 Soon shall ocean's hoary deep, 
Toss'd with stronger tempests, rise ; 

Wilder storms the mountains sweep, 
Louder thunders rock the skies. 

3 Dread alarms shall shake the proud, 
Pale amazement, restless fear ; 

And, amid the thunder cloud, 
Shall the Judge of men appear. 

4 But though from his awful face 
Heaven shall fade, and earth shall fly, 

Fear not ye, his chosen race, 
Your redemption draweth nigh. 

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^ *-* ^ 4. blessing invoiced on teachers. 

MIGHTY One, before whose face 
III Wisdom had her glorious seat, 
When the orbs that people space 
Sprang to birth beneath thy feet ; 

2 Source of truth, whose rays alone 
Light the mighty world of mind ; 

God of love, who from thy throne 
Kindly watchest all mankind : 

3 Shed on those, who in thy Name 
Teach the way of truth and right, 

Shed that love's undying flame, — 
Shed that wisdom's guiding light. 



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*J God's wonders on the deep. 

THEY that toil upon the deep, 
And in vessels light and frail, 
O'er the mighty waters sweep, 
With the billow and the gale,— 

2 Mark what wonders God performs, 
When he speaks : and, unconfined, 

Rush to battle all his storms, 
In the chariots of the wind. 

3 Up to heaven their bark is whirl' d ? 
On the mountain of the wave ; 

Down as suddenly 'tis hurl'd 
To the' abysses of the grave. 

4 Then unto the Lord they cry ; 
He inclines a gracious ear, 

Sends deliv'rance from on high, 
Rescues them from all their fear. 

5 that men would praise the Lord, 
For his goodness to their race ; 

For the wonders of his word, 
And the riches of his grace. 

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Calvary. 

WHEN on Sinai's top I see 

God descend, in majesty, 
To proclaim his holy law', 
All my spirit sinks with awe. 

2 When, in ecstacy sublime, 
Tabor's glorious steep I climb, 
At the too transporting light, 
Darkness rushes o'er my sight. 

3 When on Calvary I rest, 
God, in flesh made manifest, 
Shines in my Redeemer's face, 
Full of beauty, truth, and grace. 

4 Here I would forever stay, — 
Weep and gaze my soul away ; 
Thou art heaven on earth to me, 
Lovely, mournful Calvary. 

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I Embarking. 

LORD, whom winds and seas obey, 
Guide us through the watery way ; 
In the hollow of thy hand 
Hide, and bring us safe to land. 

2 Jesus, let our faithful mind 
Rest, on thee alone reclined ; 
Every anxious thought repress ; 
Keep our souls in perfect peace. 

3 Keep the souls whom now we learc ; 
Bid them to each other cleave ; 

Bid them walk on life's rough sea: 
Bid them come by faith to thee. 

4 Save, till all these tempests end, 
All who on thy love depend ; 
Waft our happy spirits o'er ; 
Land us on the heavenly shore. 



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•J O O 27ie pilgrim? 's son#. 

CHILDREN of the heavenly King, 
^ As we journey let us sing ; 
Sing our Saviour's worthy praise, 
Glorious in his works and ways. 

2 We are traveling home to God, 
In the way our fathers trod ; 
They are happy now, and we 
Soon their happiness shall see. 

3 ye banish' d seed, be glad; 
Christ our Advocate is made : 
Us to save our flesh assumes, — 
Brother to our souls becomes. 

4 Fear not, brethren ; joyful stand 
On the borders of our land ; 
Jesus Christ, our Father's Son, 
Bids us undismay'd go on. 

5 Lord 1 obediently we'll go, 
Gladly leaving all below : 
Only thou our leader be, 
And we still will follow thee. 

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•J If we suffer with Him we shallreign with Him. 

CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day, 
Sons of men and angels say : 
Raise your joys and triumphs high ; 
Sing, ye heavens, — and earth, reply. 

2 Love's redeeming work is done, — 
Fought the fight, the battle won : 
Lo ! the sun's eclipse is o'er ; 

Lo ! he sets in blood no more. 

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, — 
Christ has burst the gates of hell : 
Death in vain forbids his rise ; 
Christ hath open'd Paradise. 

4 Lives again our glorious King ; 
Where, death, is now thy sting ? 
Once he died our souls to save ; 
Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 

5 Soar we now where Christ has led, 
Follow our exalted Head ; 

Made like him, like him we rise ; ' 
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 

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The Sun of righteousness. 

HARK : the herald angels sing, — 
Glory to the new-born King ; 
Peace on earth, and mercy mild ; 
God and sinners reconciled. 

2 Joyful, all ye nations rise, — 
Join the triumphs of the skies ; 
With angelic hosts proclaim, — 
Christ is born in Bethlehem. 

3 Christ, by highest heaven adored,— 
Christ, the everlasting Lord ; 

Veil'd in flesh the Godhead see ; 
Hail, incarnate Deity ! 

4 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of peace ! 
Hail the Sun of righteousness ! 



Light and life to all he brings, — 
Risen with healing in his wings. 
5 Come, Desire of nations, come ! 
Fix in us thy humble home ; 
Second Adam from above, 
Reinstate us in thy love. 

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i_J Jt m. Pardon— grace— glory. 

SONS of God, triumphant rise : 
Shout the' accomplish' d sacrifice ; 
Shout your sins in Christ forgiven,— 
Sons of God, and heirs of heaven. 

2 Love's mysterious work is done ; 
Greet we now the atoning Son ; 
Heal'd and quicken'd by his blood, 
Join'd to Christ, and one with God. 

3 Him by^ faith we taste below, 
Mightier joys ordain' d to know ; 
When his utmost grace we prove, 
Rise to heaven by perfect love. 

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Saints and angels ever praising God. 

ONGS of praise the angels sang, 



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Heaven with hallelujahs rang, 
When Jehovah's work begun, 
When he spake and it was done. 

2 Songs of praise awoke the morn, 
When the Prince of Peace was born ; 
Songs of praise arose, when he 
Captive led captivity. 

3 Saints below with heart and voice, 
Still in songs of praise rejoice ; 
Learning here, by faith and love, 
Songs of praise to sing above. 

4 Borne upon their latest breath, 
Songs of praise shall conquer death ; 
Then, amid eternal joy, 

Songs of praise their powers employ. 

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The co-eternal Three. 

OLY, holy, holy Lord, 
God the Father, God the Word, 
God the Comforter, receive 
Blessings more than we can give. 

2 Join'd with those beyond the sky, 
Worshipping the Lord most high, 
We our hearts and voices raise, 
Echo his eternal praise. 

3 Three in one, and one in three, 
One, in simplest unity, — 

God, incline thy gracious ear ; 
Us, thy lisping creatures, hear. 

4 Thee, while man, the earthborn, sings, 
Angels shrink within their wings ; 
Prostrate seraphim above 

Breathe unutterable love. 

5 Fain with them our souls would vie , 
Sink as low and mount as high ; 

Fall, o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar ; 
Shout, or silently adore ! 



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*J^.^- Encouragements to pray. 

COME, my soul, thy suit prepare 
Jesus loves to answer prayer ; 
He himself invites thee near, — 
Bids thee ask him, waits to hear. 

2 Lord, I come to thee for rest : 
Take possession of my breast ; 
VThere, thy blood-bought right maintain, 
"And without a rival reign. 

3 While I am a pilgrim here, 
Let thy love my spirit cheer ; 

As my guide, my guard, my friend, 
Lead me to my journey's end. 

4 Show me what I have to do ; 
Every hour my strength renew ; 
Let me live a life of faith, — 
Let me die thy people's death. 

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•J^k:*} One in Christ Jesus and xcith each other. 

FATHEE, at thy footstool see 
Those who now are one in thee : 
Draw us by thy grace alone : 
Give, give us to thy Son. 

2 Jesus, Friend of human kind, 
Let us in thy name be join'd ; 
Each to each unite and bless ; 
Keep us still in perfect peace. 

3 Heavenly, all-alluring Dove, 
Shed thy overshadowing love ; 
Love, the sealing grace, impart ; 
Dwell within our single heart. 

4 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Be to us what Adam lost ; 

Let us in thine image rise ; 
Give us back our Paradise. 

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For a general blessing. 

LOED, we come before thee now, 
At thy feet we humbly bow ; 
do not our suit disdain ; 
Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain ? 

2 Lord, on thee our souls depend ; 
Tn compassion now descend ; 

Fill our hearts with thy rich grace, 
Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 

3 Send some message from thy word, 
That may joy and peace afford ; 

Let thy Spirit now impart 
Full salvation to each heart. 

4 Comfort those who weep and mourn ; 
Let the time of joy return ; 

Those that are cast down lift up ; 
Make them strong in faith and hope. 

5 Grant that all may seek and find 
Thee, a gracious God and kind : 
Heal the sick, the captive free ; 
Let us all reioice in thee. 



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. ■ The Lord our righteousness. 

TN thy presence we appear; 
I J- Lord ! we love to worship here, 
When, within the veil, we meet 
Thee upon thy mercy-seat. 

2 While thy glorious Name is sung, 
Touch our hps, and loose our tongue , 
Then our joyful souls shall bless 
Thee, the Lord our righteousness. 

3 While to thee our prayers ascend, 
Let thine ear in love attend ; 
Hear, for Jesus intercedes ; 

Hear us, for thy Spirit pleads. 

4 While thy word is heard with awe, 
And we 'tremble at the law, 

Let thy Gospel's wondrous love 
Every "doubt and fear remove. 

5 While thy ministers proclaim 
Peace and pardon through thy nam*, 
in their voices let us own 

Jesus, speaking from the throne. 

6 From thy house when we return, 
Let our hearts within us burn ; 
That at evening we may say, — 
We have walk'd with God 'to-day. 

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The mind that teas in Christ. 

JESUS, plant and root in me 
All the mind that was in thee ; 
Settled peace I then shall find ; 
Jesus' is a quiet mind. 

2 Anger I no more shall feel, — 
Always even, always still ; 
Meekly on my God reclined ; 
Jesus' is a gentle mind. 

3 I shall suffer and fulfil 

All my Father's gracious will 
Be in all alike resign' d ; 
Jesus' is a patient mind. 

4 When 'tis deeply rooted hera, 
Perfect love shall cast out fear ; 
Fear doth servile spirits bind ; ' 

i J esus' is a noble mind. 

1 5 I shall nothing know beside 

I Jesus, and him crucified ; 

Perfectly to him be join'd ; 

Jesus' is a loving mind. 

6 I shall triumph evermore ; 
Gratefully my God adore ; 
God so good, so true, so kind ; 
Jesus' is a thankful mind. 

7 Lowly, loving, meek, and pure, 

1 shall to the end endure ; 
Be no more to sin inclined ; 
Jesus' is a constant mind. 

8 I shall fully be restored 
To the image of my Lord ; 
Witnessing to all mankind, 
Jesus' is a perfect mind. 



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iJ^iJ Fly to Jesus. 

WEARY souls, that wander wide 
From the central point of bliss ; 
Turn to Jesus crucified ; 

Fly to those dear wounds of his : 
Sink into the purple flood v 
Rise into the life of God. 

2 Find in Christ the way of peace. 
Peace unspeakable, unknown t 

By his pain he gives you ease, 
Life by his expiring groan : 
Rise exalted by his fall ; 
Find in Christ your all in all. 

3 believe the record true, 
God to you his Son hath given , 

Ye may now be happy too, 

Find on earth the life of heaven ■ 
Live the life of heaven above, 
All the life of glorious love. 



4 This the universal bliss 



Bliss for every soul designed ; 
God's original promise this, 

God's great gift to all mankind : 
Blest in Christ this moment be, 
Blest to all eternity. 



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Clinging to the cross. 



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~D OCK of ages, cleft for me, 

H Let me hide myself in thee ; 

Let the water and the blood, J 

From thy wounded side which fiW'd, 

Be of sin a double cure, — 

Save from wrath and make me pure. 

2 Could my tears forever flow, — 
Could my zeal no languor know,— 
These for sin could not atone ; 
Thou must save, and thou alone : 
In my hand no price I bring ; 
Simply to the cross I cling. 

3 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
When my eyes shall close in death, 
When I rise to worlds unknown, 
And behold thee on thy throne, — 
Rock of ages T cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in thee. 

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FATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
L One in Three, and three in One, 
As by the celestial host, 

Let thy will on earth be done ; 
Praise by all to thee be given, 
Glorious Lord of earth and heaven 

2 Vilest of the sinful race, 
Lo ! I answer to thy call : 



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Entire consecration. 



Meanest vessel of thy grace, 
Grace divinely free for all ; 
Lo ! I come to do thy will, 
All thy counsel to fulfil. 

3 If so poor a worm as I 
May to thy great glory live, 

All my actions sanctifv, 

All my words and thoughts receive ; 
Claim me for thy service, claim 
All I have, and all I am. 

4 Take my soul and body's powers ; 
Take my mem'ry, mind, and will ; 

All my goods, and all my hours ; 

All I know, and all I feel ; 
All I think, or speak, or do ; 
Take my heart, but make it new. 

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Hand in hand to heaven. 

CENTRE of our hopes thou art ; 
End of our enlarged desires : 
Stamp thine image on our heart ; 

Fill us now with heavenly fires : 
Join'd to thee by love divine, 
Seal our souls forever thine. 

2 All our works in thee be wrought,— 
Levell'd at one common aim : 

Every word and every thought 
Purge in the refining flame : 
Lead us, through the paths of peace, 
On to perfect holiness. 

3 Let us all together rise, — 
To thy glorious life restored ; 

Here regain our Paradise, — 

Here prepare to meet our Lord 
Here enjoy the earnest given : 
Travel hand in hand to heaven. 

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*7 *J O Death of a child. 

WHEREFORE should I make my moan, 
Now the darling child is dead ? 
He to early rest is gone, — 
He to paradise is fled : 

1 shall go to him, but he 
Never shall return to me. 

2 God forbids his longer stay ; 
God recalls the precious loan ; 

God hath taken him away 

From my bosom to his own : 
Surely what he wills is best ; 
Happy in his will I rest. 

8 Faith cries out, — It is the Lord, 
Let him do as seems him good « 

Be thy holy name adored ; 
Take the gift awhile bestow' d : 

Take the child no longer mine ; 

Thine he is, forever thine. 



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i/O'l Come, and welcome. 

FROM the cross uplifted high, 
Where the Saviour deigns to die, 
What melodious sounds we hear 
Bursting on the ravish' d ear: — 
Love's redeeming work is done — 
Come and welcome, sinner, come ! 

2 Sprinkled now with blood the throne — 
Why beneath thy burdens groan ? 

On his pierced body laid, 
Justice owns the ransom paid ; 
Bow the knee, — embrace the Son — 
Come and welcome, sinner, come ! 

3 Spread for thee, the festal board 
See with richest bounty stored ; 
To thy Father's bosom press' d, 
Thou shalt be a child confess'd, 
Never from his house to roam ; 
'Come and welcome, sinner, come ! 

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\j O *J The gates of death. 

OTHOU God who hearest prayer, 
Every hour and everywhere, 
Listen to my feeble breath, 
Now I touch the gates of death : — 
For His sake whose blood I plead, 
Hear me in this hour of need. 

:2 Hear and save me, gracious Lord, 
For my trust is in thy word ; 
Wash me from the stain of sin, 
That thy peace may rule within ; 
May I know myself thy child, 
Eansom'd^ pardon'd, reconciled. 

3 Thou art merciful to save ; 

Thou hast snatch' d me from the grave; 

1 would kiss the chast'ning rod, 
O my Father and my God ! 
Only hide not now thy face, 
God of all-sufficient grace. 

4 Leave me not, my strength, my trust ; 
O remember I am dust : 

Leave me not again to stray ; 
Leave me not the tempter's prey : 
Fix my heart on things above ; 
Make me happy in thy love. 

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Now is the day of salvation. 

"WHY not now, my God, my God ? 
" Ready if thou always art, 
Make in me thy mean abode, — 
Take possession of my heart : 
If thou canst so greatly bow, 
Friend of sinners, why not now ? 

2 God of love, in this thy day, 
For thyself to thee I cry ; « 

Dying, — if thou still delay, 

Must I not forever die ? 
Enter now thy poorest home : 
Now, my utmost Saviour, come. 



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*J * The publican's prayer. 

SAVIOUR, Prince of Israel's race, 
Save me : — from thy lofty throne 
Give the sweet relenting grace ; 

Soften this obdurate stone ; — 
Stone to flesh, God, convert; 
Cast a look, and break my heart ! 

2 By thy Spirit, Lord, reprove ; 
All mine inmost sins reveal ; 

Sins against thy light and love, 
Let me see, and let me feel ; 
Sins that crucified my Lord, — 
Spilt again thy precious blood. 

3 Jesus, seek thy wand'ring sheep ; 
Make me restless to return ; 

Bid me look on thee, «and weep, 

Bitterly as Peter mourn : 
Till I say, by grace restored, — 
Now, thou know' st, I love thee, Lord. 

4 Might I in thy sight appear 
As the publican distress' d ; 

Stand, not daring to draw near ; 

Smite on my unworthy breast ; 
Groan the sinner's only plea, — 
God be merciful to me ! 

5 remember me for good : 
Passing through the mortal vale, 

Show me the atoning blood : 

When my strength and snirits fail. 
Give my fainting soul to se^ 
Jesus crucified for me. 

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vtfO The husband and father axcaiting death. 

THOU faithful God of love, 







Gladly I thy promise plead ; 
Waiting for my last remove, — 
Hast'ning to the happy dead : 
Lo ! I cast on thee my care ; 
Breathe my latest breath in prayer 

2 Trusting in thy word alone, 
I to thee my children leave : 

Call my little ones thy own ; 

Give" them all thy blessings, give ; 
Keep, them while on earth they breathe \ 
Save their souls from endless death. 

3 Whom I to thy grace commend, 
Into thy embraces take ; 

Be her sure, immortai Friend, 

Save her, for my Saviour's sake % 
Free from sin, from sorrow free, 
Let my widow trust m thee. 

4 Father of the fatherless, 
Husband of the widow, prore ; 

Me and mine persist to bless ; 

Tell me we shall meet above : 
Seal the promise on my heart ; 
Bid me then in peace depart. 



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«/t)il Help, or I perish. 

BY thy birth, and by thy tears ; 
By thy human griefs and fears ; 
By thy conflict in the hour 
Of the subtle tempter's power, — 
Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
Saviour, help me, or I die. 

2 By the tenderness that wept 
O'er the grave where Laz'rus slept ; 
By the bitter tears that flow'd 
Over Salem's lost abode, — 
Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
Saviour, nelp me, or I die. 

3 By thy lonely hour of prayer ; 
By the fearful conflict there ; 
By thy cross and dyin^ cries ; 
By thy one great sacrihce, — 
Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
Saviour, help me, or I die. 

4 By thy triumph o'er the grave ; 
By thy power the lost to save ; 
By thy nigh, majestic throne ; 
By the empire all thine own, — 
Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
Saviour, help me, or I die. 

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^ J ^ J What sin hath done. 

HEARTS of stone, relent, relent ! 
Break, by Jesus' cross subdued ! 
See his oody mangled, rent, 

Stain'd and cover' d with his blood ! 
Sinful soul, what hast thou done ? 
Crucified the' eternal Son. 

2 Yes, thy sins have done the deed , 
Driven the nails that fix'd him there , 

Crown'd with thorns his sacred head ; 

Plunged into his side the spear ; 
Made his soul a sacrifice, 
While for sinful man he dies. 

3 Wilt thou let him bleed in vain ? 
Still to death thy Lord pursue ? 

Open all his wounds again, 

And the shameful cross renew ? 
No ; with all my sins I'll part ; 
Saviour, take my broken heart. 

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Comfort arising from a sense of pardon. 

ITAPPY soul, who sees the day, 

The glad day of Gospel-grace : 
Thee, my Lord, thou then wilt say, 

Thee will I forever praise ; 
Though thy wrath against me burn'd, 

Thou dost comfort me again ; 
All thy wrath aside is turn'd, — 

Thou hast blotted out my sin. 
2 Me, behold ; thv mercy spares ; 

•Jesus my salvation is ; 
Hence, my doubts ; away, my fears ; 

Jesus is become my peace : 
Jah, Jehovah, is my Lord, 

Ever merciful and just ; 
1 willlean upon his word ; 

X will on his promise trust. 



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*Jyy & The covenant of grace signed and sealed. 

TESUS Christ, who stands between 
" Angry Heaven and guilty men, 
Undertakes to buy our peace ; 
Gives the covenant of grace ; 
Ratifies and makes it good ; 
Signs and seals it with his blood. 

2 Life his healing blood imparts, 
| Sprinkled in our peaceful hearts ; 
I Abel's blood for vengeance cried ; 
i Jesus speaks us justified ; 
! Speaks and calls for better things ; 

Makes us prophets, priests, and kings. 



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The Son glorified. 

FATHER, glorify thy Son ; 
Answer his all-powerful prayer ; 
Send that Intercessor down ; 

Send that other Comforter, 
Whom, believingly, we claim, — 
Whom we ask in Jesus' name. 
2 Wilt thou not the promise seal, 
Good and faithful as thou art, — 
Send the Comforter to dwell 

Every moment in our heart ? 
Yes, thou must the grace bestow , 
Truth hath said it shall be so. 

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The only Refuge. 

TESUS, lover of my soul, 
" Let me to thy bosom fly, 
While the nearer waters roll, 

While the tempest still is high ; 
Hide me, my Saviour, hide, 

Till the storm of life is past ; 
Safe into the haven guide, 

receive my soul at last. 

2 Other refuge have I none ; 
Hangs my helpless soul on thee : 

Leave, leave me not alone ; 

Still support and comfort me : 
All my trust on thee is stay'd ; 

All my help from thee I bring ; 
Cover my defenceless head 

With the shadow of thy wing. 

3 Thou, Christ, art all I want : 
More than all m thee I find : 

Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, 

Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
Just and holy is thy name ; 

1 am all unrighteousness ; 
False, and full of sin I am ; 

Thou art full of truth and grace. 

4 Plenteous grace with thee is found. — 
Grace to cover all my sin : 

Let the healing streams abound ; 

Make and keep me pure within. 
Thou of life the fountain art ; 

Ereely let me take of thee ; 
Spring thou up within my heart ; 

Rise to all eternity. 



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The Light of life. 

DISCLOSE thy lovely face ! 
Quicken all my drooping powers ; 
Gasps my fainting soul for grace, 
As a thirsty land for showers : 
Hasten, Lord, no more delay ; 
Come, my Saviour, come away. 

2 Dark and cheerless is the morn, 
Unaccompanied by thee ; 

Joyless is the day's return, 

Till thy mercy's beams I see : 
Till thou inward life impart, 
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart. 

3 Visit then this soul of mine ; 
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief ; 

Fill me, Kadiancy divine ; 

Scatter all my unbelief : 
More and more thyself display, 
Shining to the perfect day. 

if vf VF The feast of endless love. 

pOME, thou high and lofty Lord, 
^ Lowly, meek, incarnate Word ; 
Humbly stoop to earth again ; 
Come, and visit abject man, 
Jesus, dear expected guest, 
Thou art bidden to the feast : 
For thyself our hearts prepare ; 
Come, and sit, and banquet there. 

2 Jesus, we thy promise claim : 
We are met in thy great name : 
In the midst do thou appear ; 
Manifest thy presence here. 
Sanctify us, Lord, and bless ; 
Breathe thy Spirit, give thy peace ; 
Thou thyself within us move : 
Make our feast a feast of love. 

3 Let the fruits of grace abound ; 
Let us in thy bowels sound ; 
Faith, and love, and joy increase, — 
Temperance and gentleness ; 
Plant in us thy humble mind, 
Patient, pitiful, and kind : 

Meek and lowly let us be, — 
Full of goodness, full of thee. 

4 Make us all in thee complete ; 
Make us all for glory meet ; 
Meet to' appear before thy sight, 
Partners with the saints in light. 
Call, O call us each by name, 

To the marriage of the Lamb : 
Let us lean upon thy breast ; 
Love be there our endless feast. 

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*J\J 4 The Spirit of God dwelleth in you. 

ABBA, Father, hear thy child, 
Late in Jesus reconciled ; 
Hear, and all the graces shower, 
All the joy, and peace, and power ; 
All my Saviour asks above, 
All the life and heaven of love. 



2 Lord, I will not let thee go 
Till the blessing thou bestow : 
Hear my Advocate divine : 
Lo ! to his my^ suit I join : 
Join'd to his, it cannot fail : 
Bless me ; for I will prevail. 

3 Heavenly Father, life divine, 
Change my nature into thine ; 
Move, and spread throughout my soul, 
Actuate, and fill the whole : 

Be it I no longer now 
Living in the flesh, but thou. 

4 Holy Ghost, no more delay ; 
Come, and in thy temple stay : 
Now thine inward witness bear, 
Strong, and permanent, and clear : 
Spring of life, thyself impart ; 
Kise eternal in my heart. 

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^ For reviving grace. 

LIGHT of life,— seraphic fire- 
Love divine, — thyself impart : 
Every fainting soul inspire ; 

Shine in every drooping heart : 
Every mournful sinner cheer ; 

Scatter all our guilty gloom : 
Son of God, appear ! appear ! — 
To thy human temples come. 
2 Come in this accepted hour ; 

Bring thy*heavenlv kingdom in ; 
Fill us with thy glorious power, 
Booting out the seeds of sin : 
Nothing more can we require, — 

We will covet nothing less ; 
Be thou all our hearts' desire, — 
All our joy, and all our peace. 

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Clothed with immortality. 

SPIKIT, leave thy house of clay, 
Ling'ring dust, resign thy breath ; 
Spirit, cast thy chains away ; 

Dust, be thou dissolved in death : 
Thus the mighty Saviour speaks, 

While the faithful Christian dies : 
Thus the bonds of life he breaks, 
And the ransom' d captive flies. 

2 Pris'ner, long detain'd below, 
Pris'ner, now with freedom blest 

Welcome from a world of woe ; 

Welcome to a land of rest : — 
Thus the choir of angels sing, 

As they bear the soul on high, 
While with hallelujahs ring 

AH the regions of the sky. 

3 Grave, the guardian of our dust, 
Grave, the treasury of the skies, 

Every atom of thy trust 

Bests in hope again to rise : 
Hark ! the judgment-trumpet calls — 

Soul, rebuild thy house of clay ; 
Immortality thy walls, 

And eternity thy day. 



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•s 4 " , spirits of the just made perfect. 

UTHO are these array' d in white, 
" Brighter than the noon-day sun ? 
Foremost of the sons of light ; 

Nearest the eternal throne ? 
These are they that bore the cross ; 

Nobly for their Master stood ; 
Suff'rers in his righteous cause ; 

Foll'wers of the dying God. 
2 Out of great distress they came : 

Wash'd their robes, by faith, below, 
In the blood of yonder Lamb, — 

Blood that washes white as snow ; 
Therefore are they next the throne ; 

Serve their Maker day and night : 
God resides among his own, 

God doth in his saints delight. 

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** * Partnership of the saints in light. 

JESUS is our common Lord ; 
He our loving Saviour is ; 
By his death to life restored, 

Misery we exchange for bliss ; 
Bliss to carnal minds unknown ; 

O 'tis more than tongue can tell ; 
Only to believers shown, — 
Glorious and unspeakable. 

2 Christ, our Brother and our Friend, 

Shows us his eternal love : 
Never shall our triumphs end, 

Till we take our seats above. 
Let us walk with him in white ; 

For our bridal day prepare ; 
For our partnership in light, — 

For our glorious meeting there. 

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-* The word glorified. 

SEE how great a flame aspires, 
Kindled by a spark of grace ! 
Jesus' love the nations fires, — 
Sets the kingdoms on a blaze. 
To bring fire on earth he came ; 

Kindled in some hearts it is : 
that all might catch the flame, 
All partake the glorious bliss ! 

2 When he first the work begun, 
Small and feeble was his day : 

Now the word doth swiftly run ; 

Now it wins its widening way : 
More and more it spreads and grows, 

Ever mighty to prevail ; 
Sin's strongholds it now o'erthrows, — 

Shakes the trembling gates of hell. 

3 Sons of God, your Saviour praise ! 
He the door hath open'd wide ; 

He hath given the word of grace ; 

Jesus' word is glorified. 
Jesus, mighty to redeem, 

He alone the work hath wrought ; 
Worthy is the work of him, — 

Him who spake a world from naught. 



4 Saw ye not the cloud arise, 

Little as a human hand ? 
Now it spreads along the skies, — 

Hangs o'er all the thirsty land ; 
Lo ! the promise of a shower 

Drops already from above ; 
But the Lord will shortly pour 

All the Spirit of his love. 

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• Saints and angels round the throne. 

LIFT your eyes of faith, and see 
Saints and angels join'd in one : 
What a countless company 

Stand before yon dazzling throne ! 
Each before his Saviour stands, 
All in whitest robes array' d: 
Palms they carry in their hands, 
Crowns of glory on their head. 

2 Saints, begin the endless song ; 
Cry aloud, in heavenly lays, — 

Glory doth to God belong ; 

God the glorious Saviour praise : 
All salvation from him came, — 

Him who reigns enthroned on high : 
Glory to the bleeding Lamb, — 

Let the morning stars reply. 

3 Angel powers the throne surround ; 
Next the saints in glory they ; 

Lull'd with the transporting sound, 
They their silent homage pay : 

Prostrate on their face, befor© 
God and his Messiah fall • 

Then in hymns of praise adore, — 
Shout the Lamb that died for all. 

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*^ • Sweet counsel. 

GLORY be to God above, — 
God, from whom all blessings flow ; 
Make we mention of his love ; 

Publish we his praise below : 
Call'd together by his gjrace, 

We are met in Jesus' name ; 
See with joy each other's face, 
Foll'wers of the bleeding Lamb. 

2 Let us then sweet counsel take, 
How to make our calling sure ; 

Our election how to make, 
Past the reach of hell, secure : 

Build we each the other up ; 
Pray we for our faith's increase ; 

Solid comfort, settled hope, 
Constant joy, and lasting peace. 

3 More and more let love abound ; 
Let us never, never rest, 

Till we are in Jesus found, 

Of our paradise possess'd : — 
He removed the flaming sword, 

Calls us back, from Eden driven ; 
To his image here restored, 

Soon he takes us up to heaven. 



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*J 4 O Witnesses for Jesus. 

COME, and let us sweetly join, _ 
Christ to praise in hymns divine : 
Give we all, with one accord, 
Glory to our common Lord : 
Hands, and hearts, and voices raise ; 
Sing as in the ancient days ; 
Ante-date the joys above, — 
Celebrate the feast of love. 

2 Strive we, in affection strive ; 
Let the purer flame revive ; 
Such as m the martyrs glow'd, 
Dying champions for their God : 
We like them may live and love ; 
Call'd we are their joys to prove ; 
Saved with them from future wrath ; 
Partners of like precious faith. 

3 Sing we then in Jesus' Name, 
Now as yesterday the same ; 
One in every time and place, 
Full for all of truth and grace : 
We for Christ, our Master, stand, 
Lights in a benighted land : 

We our dying Lord confess ; 
We are Jesus' witnesses. 

fkVfl 7th P. M. 8 lines 7 s. 

iJ # yj The Watchman's report. 

WATCHMAN, tell us of the night, 
" What its signs of promise are. 
Trav'ler, o'er yon mountain's height 

See the glory-beaming star. 
Watchman, does its beauteous ray 

Aught of hope or joy foretell ? 
Trav'ler, yes, it brings the day — 

Promised day of Israel. 

2 Watchman, tell us of the night ; 
Higher yet that star ascends. 

Trav'ler, blessedness and light, 
Peace and truth, its course portends. 

Watchman, will its beams, alone. 
Gild the spot that gave them birth ? 

Trav'ler, ages are its own : 
See, it bursts o'er all the earth. 

3 Watchman, tell us of the night, 
For the morning seems to dawn. 

Trav'ler, darkness takes its flight; 

Doubt and terror are withdrawn. 
Watchman, let thy wand'ring cease ; 

Hie thee to thy quiet horned 
Trav'ler, lo ! the Prince of Peace, 

Lo ! the Son of God is come. 

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• * The song of jubilee. 

HAEK ! the song of jubilee ; 
Loud as mighty thunders roar, 
Or the fulness of the sea, 

When it breaks upon the shore : 
Hallelujah ! for the Lord 

God omnipotent shall reign ; 
Hallelujah ! let the word 
Eeho round the earth and main. 



2 Hallelujah ! — hark ! the sound, 
Prom the centre to the skies, 

Waits above, beneath, around, 

All creation's harmonies : 
See Jehovah's banners furl'd ; 

Sheath' d his sword : he speaks — 'tis 
done, 

And the kingdoms of this world 
Are the kingdoms of his Son. 

3 He shall reign from pole to pole 
With illimitable sway ; 

He shall reign, when, like a scroll, 
Yonder heaveDS have pass'd away. 

Then the end ; — beneath his rod, 
Man's last enemy shall fall ; 

Hallelujah ! Christ in God, 
God in Christ, is all in all. 

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*^ • Retrospect of a year. 

"WHILE, with ceaseless course, the sun 
** Hasted through the former year, 
Many souls their race have run, 

Never more to meet us here : 
Pix'd m an eternal state, 

They have done with all below ; 
We a little longer wait, 

But how little — none can know.. 

2 As the winged arrow flies 
Speedily the mark to find ; 

As the light'ning from the sides 
Darts, and leaves no trace behind,— 

Swiftly thus our fleeting days 
Bear us down life's rapid stream ; 

Upward, Lord, our spirits raise ; 
All below is but a dream. 

3 Thanks for mercies past receive ; 
Pardon of our sins renew ; 

Teach us henceforth how to live 

With eternity in view : 
Bless thy word to young and old ; 

Fill us with a Saviour's love ; 
And when life's short tale is told. 

May we reign with thee above. 

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• *^ Blessedness of those who die in the Lord. 

HAEK"! a voice divides the sky : 
Happy are the faithful dear ' 
In the Lord who sweetly die, 



Happy are the faithful dead ! 
'n the Lord who sweetly die, 

They from all their toils are freed H 
Them the Spirit hath declared 

Blest, unutterably blest ; 
j Jesus is their great reward, 
Jesus is their endless rest. 

2 Follow' d by their works they go, 
Where their Head is gone before ; 
\ Reconciled by grace below, 

Grace hath open'd mercy's door ; 
Justified through faith alone, 

Here they knew their sins forgiven ; 
I Here they laid their burden down, 
I Hallow 1 d, and made meet for heaven. 



Hymns. 



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</OU Tender expostulation. 

SINNERS, turn, while God is near ; 
Dare not think him insincere ; 
Now, e'en now, your Saviour stands ; 
All day long he spreads his hands ; 
Cries,— Ye will not happy be ; 
No, ye will not come to me, — 
Me, who life to none deny : 
Why will ye resolve to die ? 

2 Turn, he cries, ye sinners, turn : 
By his life, your God hath sworn ; 
He would have you turn and live ; 
He would all the world receive. 

If your death were his delight, 
Would he you to life invite ? 
Would he ask, beseech, and cry, — 
Why will ye resolve to die ? 

3 What could your Eedeemer do, 
More than he hath done for you ? 
To procure your peace with God, 
Could he more than shed his blood ? 
After all his flow of love, — 

All his drawings from above, — 
Why will ye your Lord deny ? 
Why will ye resolve to die ? 

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A Many, but one. 

C HEIST, from whom all blessings flow, 
Perfecting the saints below, 
Hear us, who thy nature share, — 
Who thy mystic body are. 
Join us, in one spirit join ; 
Let us still receive of thine : 
Still for more on thee we call, 
Thou who fillest all in all. 

2 Move, and actuate, and guide : 
Divers gifts to each divide : 
Placed according to thy will, 
Let us all our work fulfil : 
Never from our office move : 
Needful to each other prove : 
Let us daily growth receive, — 
More and more in Jesus live. 

3 Sweetly may we all agree, 
Touch'd with softest sympathy ; 
Kindly for each other care ; 
Every member feel its share. 
Many are we now and one, 

We who Jesus have put on : 
Names, and sects, and parties fall : 
Thou, Christ, art all in all. 

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Absent from the body— present with the Lord. 

T O ! the pris'ner is released, 
u Lighten'd of his fleshly load, 
Where the weary are at rest, 

He is gather' d into God ! 
Lo I^the pain of life is past, 

All his warfare now is o'er : 
Death and hell behind are oast ; 

Grief and suff 'ring are no more. 



2 Join we then, with one accord, 

In the new and joyful song : 
Absent from our loving Lord, 

We shall not continue long ; 
We shall quit the house of clay, 

We a better lot shall share, 
We shall see the realms of day, 

Meet our happy brother there. 

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•JOO The Litany. 

SAVIOUE, when, in dust, to thee 
Low we bow the' adoring knee, — 
When, repentant, to the skies- 
Scarce we lift our streaming eyes,— 
O, by all thy pain and woe 
Suffer' d once for man below, 
Bending from thy throne on high,. 
Hear us when to thee we cry. 

2 By thine hour of dark despair, 
By thine agony of prayer ; 

By the cross, the nail, the thorn, 
Piercing spear, and tort'ring scorn ; 
By the gloom that veil'd the skies 
O'er the dreadful sacrifice, — 
Jesus, look with pitying eye ; 
Listen to our humble cry. 

3 By the deep, expiring groan ; 
By the sad, sepulchral stone ; 
By the vault whose dark abode 
Held in vain the rising God, — 
O, from earth to heaven restored 
Mighty, re-ascended Lord, 
Saviour, Prince, exalted high, 
Hear, hear, our humble cry. 

Q61 7th P . M. 8 lines Is. 

u ° ^ Why wiU ye die ? 

SINNERS, turn ; why will ye die? 
God, your Maker, asks you why * 
God, who did your being give, 
Made you with himself to live ; 
He the fatal cause demands ; 
Asks the work of his own hands, — 
Why, ye thankless sinners, why 
Will ye cross his love, and die ? 

2 Sinners, turn ; why will ye die? 
God, your Saviour, asks you why ? 
He, who did your souls retrieve, 
Died himself, that ye might live. 
Will ye let him die in vain ? 
Crucify your Lord again ? 

Why, ye ransom' d sinners, why 
Will ye slight his grace, and die ? 

3 Sinners, turn ; why will ye die ? 
God, the Spirit, asks you why ? 
He, who all your lives hath strove, 
Urged you to embrace his love. 
Will ye not his grace receive ? 
Will ye still refuse to live ? 

ye dying sinners, why, 
Why will ye forever die ? 



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Hymns. 



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*j O *J The Saviour's smile. 

WHY should we lament the lot 
Of a saint in Christ deceased ? 
Let the world, who know us not, 

Call us hopeless and unblest : 
When from flesh the spirit, freed, 

Hastens homeward to return, 
Mortals cry, — A man is dead ! 
Angels sing, — A child is born ! 

2 Born into the world above, 
They our happy brother greet ; 

Bear him to the throne of love, 
Place him at the Saviour's feet : 

Jesus smiles, and says, — Well done ! 
, Good and faithful servant thou ! 

Enter and receive thy crown ; 
Keign with me triumphant now. 

3 Angels catch the' approving sound, 
Bow, and bless the just award ; 

Hail the heir with glory crown' d, 
Now rejoicing with his Lord, — 

Fuller joys ordain'd to know, 
Waiting for the gen'ral doom. 

When the archangel's trump shall blow — 
Eise, ye dead, to judgment come ! 

9 8 ft 8th P. M. 87 , 87, 47. 

We also shall appear with Him in glory. 

LIFT your heads, ye friends of Jesus, 
Partners in his patience here : 
Christ, to all believers precious, 
Lord of lords, shall soon appear : 
Mark the tokens 
Of his heavenly kingdom near. 

2 Sun and moon are both confounded, 
Darken' d into endless night, 

When, with angel-hosts surrounded, 
In his Fathers glory bright, 

Beams the Saviour, 
Shines the everlasting light. 

3 See the stars from heaven falling ; 
Hark, on earth the doleful cry ; 

Men on rocks and mountains calling, 
While the frowning Judge draws nigh : 

Hide us, hide us, 
Eocks and mountains, from his eye ! 

4 With what difFrent exclamation 
Shall the saints his banner see ! 

By the tokens of his passion, 
By the marks received for me, 

All discern him : 
All with shouts cry out, — 'Tis He ! 

5 Lo ! 'tis He ! our hearts' Desire, 
Come for his espoused below ; 

Come to join us with his choir, 
Come to make our joys o'erflow : 

Palms of vict'ry, 
Crowns of glory, to bestow. 



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* Mutual love the bond of union. 

WHILE we walk with God in light, 
" God our hearts doth still unite : 
Dearest fellowship we prove, — 
Fellowship in Jesus' love : 
Sweetly each, with each combined, 
In the bonds of duty join'd, 
Feels the cleansing blood applied, — 
Daily feels that Christ hath died. 

2 Still, O Lord, our faith increase ; 
Cleanse from all unrighteousness ; 
Thee the' unholy cannot see ; 
Make, make us meet for thee : 
Every vile affection kill : 

Eoot out every seed of ill ; 

Utterly abolish sin ; 

Write thy law of love within. 

3 Hence may all our actions flow; 
Love the proof that Christ we know ; 
Mutual love the token be, 

Lord, that we belong to thee : 
Love thine image, love impart ; 
Stamp it now on every heart : 
Only love to us be given : 
Lord, we ask no other heaven. 

988 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47: 

For the SpiriVs influence. 

COME, thou soul-transforming Spirit; 
Bless the sower and the seed ; 
Let each heart thy grace inherit : 
Eaise the weak, — the hungry feed ; 

From the Gospel 
Now supply thy people's need. 

2 may all enjoy the blessing 
Which thy word's design'd to give ; 

Let us all, thy love possessing, 
J oyfully the truth receive, 

And forever 
To thy praise and glory live. 

989 8th P.M. 87, 87, 47. 

Heavenly joy anticipated. 

IN thy name, Lord, assembling, 
We, thy people, now draw near : 
Teach us to rejoice with trembling : 
Speak, and let thy servants hear ; 

Hear with meekness, — 
Hear thy word with godly fear. 

2 While our days on earth are lengthen' d} 
May we give them, Lord, to thee : 

Cheer' d by hope, and daily strengthen' d, 
May we run, nor weary be ; 

Till thy glory; 
Without cloud in heaven we see. 

3 There, in worship purer, sweeter, 
All thy people shall adore ; 

Sharing then m rapture greater 
Than they could conceive before : 

Full enjoyment, — 
Full and pure, for evermore. 



Hymns. 



177. 



aqa 8th P. M. 87, 87,47. 

•J*J\J Behold, He co-meth ! 

LO ! He comes, with clouds descending, 
Once for favour'd sinners slain ; 
Thousand thousand saints, attending, 
Swell the triumph of his train : 
Hallelujah ! 
God appears on earth to reign. 

2 Every eye shall now behold him 
Robed in dreadful majesty ; 

Those who set at naught and sold him, 
Pierced and nail'd him to the tree, 

Deeply wailing, 
Shall the true Messiah see. 

3 All the tokens of his passion 
Still his dazzling body bears : 

Cause of endless exultation 
To his ransom' d worshippers ; 

With what rapture 
Gaze we on those glorious scars. 

4 Yea, Amen ! let all adore thee, 
High on thine eternal throne ; 

Saviour, take the power and glory ; 
Make thy righteous sentence known : 

Jah ! Jehovah ! 
Claim the kingdom for thine own. 

qOI 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47. 

t/t/-L Worship the new-bom Saviour. 

ANGELS, from the realms of glory, 
Wing your flight o'er all the earth ; 
Ye who sang creation's story, 
Now proclaim Messiah's birth : 

Come and worship, — 
Worship Christ, the new-born king. 

2 Shepherds in the field abiding, 
Watching o'er your flocks by night, 

God with man is now residing ; 
Yonder shines the infant light : 

Come and worship, — 
Worship Christ, the new-born king, 

5 Sages, leave your contemplations, — 
Brighter visions beam afar : 

Seek the great Desire of nations ; 
Ye have seen his natal star : 

Come and worship, — 
Worship Christ, the new-born king. 

4 Saints, before the altar bending, 
Watching long in hope and fear, 

Suddenly the Lord, descending, 
In his temple shall appear : 

Come and worship, — 
Worship Christ, the new-born king. 

5 Sinners, wrung with true repentance, 
Doom'd for guilt to endless pains, 

Justice now revokes the sentence, — 
Mercy calls you, — break your chains : 

Come and worship, — 
Worship Christ, the new-born king. 



It is finished. 



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992 

IT ARK ! the voice of love and mercy 

Sounds aloud from Calvary ; 
See ! it rends the rocks asunder, 
Shakes the earth, and veils the sky ; 

It is finish' d : — 
Hear the dying Saviour cry. 

2 It is finish'd ! O what pleasure 
Do these precious words afford ! 

Heavenly blessings, without measure, 
Flow to us from Christ the Lord : 

It is finish'd : — 
Saints, the dying words record. 

3 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs : 
Join to sing the pleasing theme ; 

All on earth," and all in heaven, 
Join to praise Immanuel's name ; 

It is finish'd : — 
Glory to the bleeding Lamb. 



Hallelujah. 



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993 



OTHOU God of my salvation, 
My Eedeemer from all sin ; 
Moved by thy divine compassion, 
Who hast died my heart to win, 

I will praise thee ; 
Where shall I thy praise begin ? 

2 Though unseen, I love the Saviour ; 
He hath brought salvation near ; 

Manifests his pard'ning favour ; 
And when Jesus doth appear, 

Soul and bod^ 
Shall his glorious image bear. 

3 While the angel choirs are crying,^* 
Glory to the great I AM, 

I with them will still be vying — 
Glory ! glory to the Lamb ! 

how precious 
Is the sound of Jesus' name ! 



4 Angels now are hov'ring round us, 
Unperceived amid the throng ; 

Wond'ring at the love that crown'd us, 
Glad to join the holy song : 

Hallelujah, 
Love and praise to Christ belong ! 



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994 



GREAT Jehovah ! we adore thee, — 
God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Spirit, join'd in glory 
On the same eternal throne : 

Endless praises 
To Jehovah, Three in One. 



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Hymns. 



QQ K 9th P. M. 87. 87, 8f, 87. 

*J *s Worldly p leisures renounced. 

VAIN are all terrestrial pleasures ; 
Mix'd with dross the purest gold, 
Seek we then for heavenly treasures, — 

Treasures never waxing old. 
Let our best affections centre 

On the things around the throne : 
There no thief can ever enter ; 
Moth and rust are there unknown. 

2 Earthly joys no longer please us ; 
Here would we renounce them all ; 

Seek our only rest in Jesus, — 
Him our Lord and Master call. 

Faith, our languid spirits cheering, 
Points to "brighter worlds above ; 

Bids us look for his appearing ; 
Bids us triumph in his love. 

3 May our light be always burning, 
And our loins be girded round, 

Waiting for our Lord's returning,— 
Longing for the welcome sound. 

Thus the Christian life adorning, 
Never need we be afraid, 

Should he come at night or morning, 
Early dawn, or evening shade. 

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The Spirit's quickening influences. 

COME, thou everlasting Spirit, 
Bring to every thankful mind 
All the Saviour's dying merit, 

All his sufferings for mankind : 
True recorder of his passion, 

Now the living faith impart ; 
Now reveal his great salvation 
Unto every faithful heart. 

2 Come, thou Witness of his dying ; 

Come, Eemembrancer divine ; 
Let us feel thy power applying 

Christ to every soul, and mine ; 
Let us groan thine inward groaning ; 

Look on Him we pierced, and grieve ; 
All partake the grace atoning, — 

All the sprinkled blood receive. 

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• The Source of consolation. 

HOLY Ghost ! dispel our sadness ; 
Pierce the clouds of nature's night ; 
Come, thou Source of joy and gladness, 
Breathe thy life, and spread thy light. 

2 Hear, hear our supplication, 
Blessed Spirit ! God of peace ! 

Best upon this congregation 
With the fulness of thy grace. 

3 Author of our new creation. 
May we all thine influence prove ; 

Make our souls thy habitation, — 
Shed abroad the Saviour's love. 

4 Source of sweetest consolation, 
Breathe thy peace on all below ; 

Bless, bless this congregation ; 
On each soul thy grace bestow. 



OOe 9th P. M. 87 , 87 , 87 , 87. 

<tJ %J O q 0( i i 8 i n fc e midst of her, 

GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, 
Zion, city of our God : 
He, whose word cannot be broken, 
Form'd thee for his own abode ; 
On the Rock of ages founded, 

What can shake thy sure repose ? 
With salvation's walls surrounded, 
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes e 

2 See, the streams of living waters, 
Springing from eternal love, 

Still supply thy sons and daughters, 
And all "fear of want remove : 

Who can faint while such a river 

Ever flows our thirst to' assuage ? 

Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver, 
Never fails from age to age. 

3 Round each habitation hov'ring, 
See the cloud and fire appear ! 

For a glory and a cov'ring, 
Showing that the Lordls near : 

He who gives us daily manna, 
He who listens when we cry, 

Let him hear the loud Hosanna 
Rising to his throne on high. 

000 8th P. M. 87, 87, 4f . 

****** The pilgrim's guide and guardian. 

GUIDE me, thou great Jehovah, 
Pilgrim through this barren land : 

1 am weak — but thou art mighty ; 
Hold me with thy powerful hand : 

Bread of heaven, 
Feed me till I want no more. 

2 Open now the crystal fountain, 
Whence the healing waters flow ; 

Let the fiery, cloudy pillar, 
Lead me all my journey through : 

Strong Deliv'rer, 
Be thou still my strength and shield. 

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
Bid my anxious fears subside : 

Bear me through the swelling current ; 
Land me safe on Canaan's side ; 

Songs of praises 
I will ever give to thee. 

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„ Guide and Comforter. 

HOLY Spirit ! Fount of blessing, 
Ever watchful, ever kind ; 
Thy celestial aid possessing, 

Prison'd souls deliv'ranee find. 
Seal of truth, and bond of union, 

Source of light, and flame of love, 
Symbol of divine communion, 
In the olive-bearing dove : — 

2 Heavenly Guide from paths of error, 
Comforter of minds distress' d, — 

When the billows fill with terror, 

Pointing to an ark of rest : 
Promised Pledge ! eternal Spirit ! 

Greater than all gifts below, — 
May our hearts thy grace inherit ; 

May our hps thy glories show. 



Hymns. 



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J- "vf X For the fulness of peace and joy. 

LORD, dismiss us with thy blessing ; 
Fill our hearts with joy and peace ; 
Let us each, thy love possessing, 
Triumph in redeeming grace ; 

O refresh us, 
Travelling through this wilderness. 

2 Thanks we give, and adoration, 
For thy Gospel's joyful sound ; 

May the fruits of thy salvation 
In our hearts and lives abound ; 

May thy presence 
With us evermore be found. 

3 So, whene'er the signal's given 
Us from earth to call away, 

Borne on angels' wings to heaven, 
Glad the summons to obey, 

May we ever 
Eeign with Christ in endless day. 

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X"v/ & Evening : Confidence in God' 's protection: 

SAVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing, 
Ere repose our spirits seal ; 
Sin and want we come confessing ; 

Thou canst save and thou canst heal. 
2 Though destruction walk around us, 

Though the arrows past us fly, 
Angel guards from thee surround us ; 

We are safe if thou art nigh. 
8 Though tbe night be dark and dreary, 

Darkness cannot hide from thee ; 
Thou art He who, never weary, 
Watchest where thy people be. 

1 Should swift death this night o'ertake us. 
And command us to the tomb, 

May the morn in heaven awake us, 
Clad in bright, eternal bloom. 

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^"^For the dedication of a seamen's Bethel. 

fpHOU, who on the whirlwind ridest, 
At whose word the thunder roars, 
Who in majesty presidest 

O'er the oceans and their shores ; 
From those shores, and from the ocean, 

We, the children of the sea, 
Come to offer our devotion, 

And to give this house to thee. 

2 When, for business on great waters, 
We go down to sea in ships, 

And our weeping sons and daughters 

Hang, at parting, on our lips ; 
This our Bethel shall remind us 

That Jehovah heareth prayer ; 
And that those we leave behind us 

Are thy faithful church's care. 
8 When in port, each day that's holy 

To this house we'll press in throngs ; 
When at sea, with spirit lowly, 

We'll repeat its sacred songs. 
Outward bound, shall we, in sadness, 

Lose its flag behind the seas ; 
Homeward bound, we'll greet with gladness 

Its first floating on the breeze. 



4 Homeward bound ! — with deep emotion. 

We remember, Lord, that life 
Is a voyage o'er an ocean 

Heaved by many a tempest's strife. 
Be thy statutes so engraven 

On our hearts and minds, that we, 
Anchoring in death's quiet haven, 

All may make our home with thee, 

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J_\JU'* The Triune God glorified. 

GLORY to the' almighty Father, 
Fountain of eternal love, 
Who, his wandering sheep to gathei 
Sent a Saviour from above. 

2 To the Son all praise be given, 
Who, with love unknown before, 

Left the bright abode of heaven, 
And our sin and sorrows bore. 

3 Equal strains of warm devotion 
Let the Spirit's praise employ ; 

Author of each pure emotion ; 
Source of wisdom, peace, and joy. 

4 Thus, while our glad hearts, ascending. 
Glorify Jehovah's Name, 

Heavenly songs with ours are blending ; 
There the theme is still the same. 

lAn PS 9th P. M. 87, 87. 

± VJUiJ Glory to the Lamb. 

HARK the notes of angels, singing, 
Glory, glory to the Lamb ! 
All in heaven their tribute bringing, 
Raising high the Saviour's name. 

2 Ye for whom his life was given, 
Sacred themes to you belong : 

Come, assist the choir of heaven ; 
Join the everlasting song. 

3 Fill'd with holy emulation, 
We unite with those above : 

Sweet the theme — a free salvation — 
Fruit of everlasting love. 

4 Endless life in him possessing, 
Let us praise his precious name ; 

Glory, honour, power, and blessing, 
Be forever to the Lamb. 

1 m wt 9th p - M - w» 87 

1""U Pardon implored for national sins. 

DREAD Jehovah ! God of nations ! 
From thy temple in the skies, 
Hear thy people's supplications ; 
Now for their deliv'rance rise. 

2 Lo ! with deep contrition turning, 
In thy holy place we bend ; 

Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning ; 
Hear us, spare us, and defend. 

3 Though our sins, our hearts confounding, 
Long and loud for vengeance call, 

Thou hast mercy more abounding ; 
Jesus' blood can cleanse them all. 

4 Let that mercy veil transgression ; 
Let that blood our guilt efface : 

Save thy people from oppression ; 
Save from spoil thy holy place. 



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Hymns. 



1 OO 7 8th P. M. 87 , 87, 47. 

• The invitation. 

COME, ye sinners, poor and needy, 
Weak and wounded, sick and sore ; 
J esus ready stands to save you, 
Full of pity, love, and power : 

He is able, 
He is willing : doubt no more. 

2 Now, ye needy, come and welcome 
God's free bounty glorify ; 

True belief and true repentance,— 
Every grace that brings you nigh, 

Without money, 
Come to Jesus Christ and buy. 

3 Let not conscience make you linger 
Nor of fitness fondly dream : 

Ail the fitness he requireth 
Is to feel your need of him : 

This he gives you,— 
'Tis the Spirit's glimm'ring beam. 

4 Come, ye weary, heavy-laden, 
Bruised and mangled by the fall , 

If you tarry till you're better, 
You will never come at all ; 

Not the righteous, — 
Sinners Jesus came to call. 

5 Agonizing in the garden, 
Your Redeemer prostrate lies ; 

On the bloody tree behold him ! 
Hear him cry, before he dies, 

It is finish' d !— 
Sinners, will not this suffice ? 

6 Lo ! the' incarnate God, ascending, 
Pleads the merit of his blood : 

Venture on him, — venture freely ; 
Let no other trust intrude : 

None but Jesus 
Can do helpless sinners good. 

7 Saints and angels, join' d in concert 
Sing the praises of the Lamb ; 

While the blissful seats of heavee 
Sweetly echo with his name : 

Hallelujah ! 
Sinners here may do the same. 

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X WO Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 

COME, thou Fount of every blessing, 
Tune my heart to sing thy grace : 
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
Call for songs of loudest praise. 
Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
Sung by flaming tongues above : 
Praise the mount — I'm fix'd upon it : 
Mount of thy redeeming love ! 

2 Here I'll raise mine Ebenezer j 

Hither by thy help I'm come ; 
And I hope, by thy good pleasure, 

Safely to arrive at home. 
Jtesus sought me when a stranger, 

Wand'ring from the fold of God ; 
He, to rescue me from danger, 

Interposed his precious blood. 



3 ! to grace how great a debtor 

Daily I'm constram'd to be ! 
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, ■ 

Bind my wand'ring heart to thee : 
| Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it — 
| Prone to leave the God I love ; 
Here's my heart, take and seal it ; 
Seal it for thy courts above. 

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_L UUtl Our Paschal Lamb. 

HAIL, thou once despised Jesus 
Hail, thou Galilean King ! 
Thou didsc suffer to release us ; 

Thou didst free salvation bring. 
Hail, thou agonizing Saviour, 

Bearer of our sin and shame ! 
By thy merits we find favour ; 
Life is given through thy name. 

2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, 
All our sins on thee were laid : 

By almighty love anointed, 
Thou hast full atonement made. 

All thy people are forgiven, 
Through the virtue of thy blood 

Open'd is the erate of heaven ; 
Peace is made 'twixt man and God. 

3 Jesus, hail ! enthroned in glory, 
There forever to abide ; 

All the heavenly hosts adore thee, 

Seated at thy Father's side 
There for sinners thou art pleading ; 

There thou dost our place prepare : 
Ever for us interceding, 

Till in glory we appear. 

4 Worship, honour, power, and blessing 
Thou art worthy to receive ; 

Loudest praises, without ceasing, 

Meet it is for us to give. 
Help, ye bright angelic spirits ; 

Bring your sweetest, noblest lays ; 
Help to sing our Saviour's merits ; 

Help to chant Immanuel's praise. 

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J-vi.v The heavenly banquet. 

JESUS spreads his banner o'er us, 
Cheers our famish'd souls with food, 
He the banquet spreads before us 

Of his mystic flesh and blood. 
Precious banquet ; bread of heaven 

Wine of gladness, flowing free ; 
May we taste it, kindly given, 
In remembrance, Lord, of thee. 

2 In thy holy incarnation, 

When the angels sang thy birth , 
In thy fasting and temptation ; 

In thy labours on the earth - 
In thy trial and rejection ; 

In thy suff'rings on the tree , 
In thy glorious resurrection ; 

May we, Lord, remember thee. 



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-t -t 8th P.M. 87, 87, 47. 

J- J_ Zion's enemies confounded. 

ZION stands with hills surrounded, 
Zion, kept by power divine : 
All her foes shall be confounded, 
Though the world in arms combine : 

Happy Zion, — 
What a favour' d lot is thine ! 

2 Every human tie may perish ; 
Friend to friend unfaithful prove ; 

Mothers cease their own to cherish ; 
Heaven and earth at last remove ; 

But no changes 
Can attend Jehovah's love. 

3 In the furnace God may prove thee, 
Thence to bring thee forth more bright, 

But can never cease to love thee ; 
Thou art precious in his sight : 

God is with thee, — 
God, thine everlasting light. 

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The new creation. 

LOVE divine, all love excelling , 
Joy of heaven, to earth come down ; 
Fix in us thy humble dwelling ; 

All thy faithful mercies crown. 
Jesus, thou art all compassion, — 
Pure unbounded love thou art ; 
Visit us with thy salvation ; 

Enter every trembling heart. 
2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit 

Into every troubled breast ; 
Let us all in thee inherit ; 

Let us find that second rest. 
Take away our bent to sinning ; 

Alpha and Omega be ; 
End of faith, as its beginning, 

Set our hearts at liberty. 
2 Come, almighty to deliver, 
Let us all thy life receive ; 
Suddenly return, and never, 

Never more thy temples leave : 
Thee we would be always blessing, 

Serve thee as thy hosts above, 
Pray, and praise thee without ceasing, 

Glory in thy perfect love. 
& Finish then thy new creation ; 

Pure and spotless let us be ; 
Let us see thy great salvation, 

Perfectly restored in thee : 
Changed from glory into glory, 

Till in heaven we take our place, — 
Till we cast our crowns before thee, 
Lost in wonder, love and praise. 

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J - v, - L *^ The dying Christian. 

HAPPY soul, thy days are ending, 
All thy mourning days below ; 
S-o. — the angel guards attending, — 

To the sight of Jesus go. 
Waiting to receive thy spirit, 

Lo ! the Saviour stands above ; 
Shows the purchase of his merit, 
Reaches out the crown of love. 



2 Struggle through thy latest passion, 

To thy great Redeemer's breast ; 
To his uttermost salvation, 

To his everlasting rest. 
For the joy he sets before thee, 

Bear a momentary pain ; 
Die, to live a life of glory ; 

Suffer, with thy Lord to reign. 

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^ God her everlasting light. 

HEAR what God the Lord hath spokea 
O my people, faint and few, 
Comfortless, afflicted, broken, 
Fair abodes I build for you : 
Scenes of heartfelt tribulation 

Shall no more perplex your ways ; 
You shall name your walls salvation, 
And your gates shall all be praise. 

2 Ye, no more your suns descending, 
Waning moons no more shall see ; 

But, your griefs forever ending, 

Find eternal noon in me : 
God shall rise, and, shining o'er you, 

Change to-day the gloom of night ; 
He, the Lord, shall be your glory — 

God your everlasting light. 

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v In deep affliction. 

FULL of trembling expectation, 
Feeling much, and fearing more, 
; Mighty God of my salvation, 
I thy timely aid implore. 

2 Suffring Son of man, be near me, 
| In my suffrings to sustain ; 

j By thy sorer griefs to cheer me, — 
| By thy more than mortal pain, 
i 3 By thy most severe temptation 
\ In that dark Satanic hour ; 
By thy last mysterious passion, 

Screen me from the adverse power. 
4 By thy fainting in the garden, 
By thy dreadful death, I pray, 
Write upon my heart the pardon ; 
Take my sins and fears away. 

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His speaking blood. 

FATHER, hear the blood of Jesus, 
Speaking in thine ears above : 
From impending wrath release us ; 
Manifest thy pard'ning love. 

2 O receive us to thy favour, — 
For his only sake receive : 

Give us to the bleeding Saviour,— 
Let us by his dying live. 

3 To thy pard'ning grace receive them,- 
Once he pray'd upon the tree ; 

Still his blood cries out — Forgive them ; 
All their sins were laid on me. 

4 Still our Advocate in heaven, 

| Prays the prayer on earth begun, — 
I Father, show their sins forgiven.; 
i Father,, glorify thy Son ! 



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lUll 27ie flrue Light. 

LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling, 
Borders on the shades of death, 
Uerce, and, by thyself revealing, 
Dissipate the clouds beneath, 

2 Thou, new heaven and earth's Creator 
In our deepest darkness rise ; 

Scattering all the night of nature,— 
Pouring day upon our eyes. 

3 Still we wait for thine appearing : 
Life and joy thy beams impart, 

Chasing all our fears, and cheering 
Every poor, benighted heart. 

4 Come, extend thy wonted favour 
To our ruin'd, guilty race ; 

Come, thou blest, exalted Saviour, 
Come, apply thy saving grace. 

5 By thine all-atoning merit, 
Every burden' d soul release ; 

By the teachings of thy Spirit, 
Guide us into perfect peace. 

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X \J A ^Desiring to be with Christ, which is fay bettei . 

OWHEN shall we sweetly remove, 
O when shall we enter our rest, — 
Return to the Zion above, 

The mother of spirits distress'd ; — 
That city of God the great King, 

Where sorrow and death are no more, 
Where saints our Immanuel sing, 
And cherub and seraph adore ? 

2 But angels themselves cannot tell 
The joys of that holiest place, 

Where Jesus is pleased to reveal 
The light of his heavenly face : 

When, caught in the rapturous flame, 
The sight beatific they prove ; 

And walk in the light of the Lamb, 
Enjoying the beams of his love. 

3 Thou know'st in the spirit of prayer 
We long thy appearing to see, 

Resign' d to the burden we bear, 
But longing to triumph with thee : 

'Tis good at thy word to be here ; 
'Tis better in thee to be gone, 

A.nd see thee in glory appear, 
And rise to a share in thy thronb. 

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v *^ Having a desire to depart. 

T LONG to behold Him array'd 
A With glory and light from above 
The King in his beauty display' d v -^ 

His beauty of holiest love : 
I languish and sigh to be there, 

Where Jesus hath fix'd his abode ; 
O when shall we meet in the air, 

And fly to the mountain of God ! 



2 With him I on Zion shall stand, 
For Jesus hath spoken the word, 

The breadth of Immanuel's land 
Survey by the light of my Lord : 

But when, on thy bosom reclined, 
Thy face I am strength en' d to see, 

My fulness of rapture I find 9 — 
My heaven of heavens in thee. 

3 How happy the people that dwell 
Secure in the city above ! 

No pain the inhabitants feel, 
No sickness or sorrow shall prove. 

Physician of souls, unto me 
Forgiveness and holiness give ; 

And then from the body set free, 
And then to the city receive. 

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A v ™ v Thy vows are upon me, O God. 

OHOW shall a sinner perform 
The vows he hath vow'd to the Xnxfd ? 
A sinful and impotent worm, 
How can I be true to my word ? 

1 tremble at what I have done : 

send me thy help from above : 
The power of thy Spirit make known, 
The virtue of Jesus' s love. 

2 My solemn engagements are vain ; 
My promises empty as air ; 

My vows, I shall break them a^ain, 
And plunge in eternal despair : 

Unless my omnipotent God 

The sense of his goodness impart, 

And shed, by his Spirit, abroad 
The love of himself in my heart. 

Happy death of a sister in the Lord. 

HOSANNA to Jesus on high ! 
Another has enter' d his rest : 
Another has 'scaped to the sky, 

And lodged in Immanuel's breast ; 
The soul of our sister is gone, 

To heighten the triumph above ; 
Exalted to Jesus' s throne, 
And clasp' d in the arms of his love. 

2 How happy the angels that fall 
Transported at Jesus's name ; 

The saints whom he soonest shall call, 
To share in the feast of the Lamb ! 

No longer imprison' d in clay, 
Who next from the dungeon shall fly $ 

Who first shall be summoned away ? — 
My merciful Lord — Is it I? 

3 Jesus, if this be thy will, 
That suddenly I should depart, 

Thy counsel of mercy reveal, 

And whisper thy call in my heart ; 

give me a signal to know 
If soon thou wouldst have me remove. 

And leave the dull body below, 
And fly to the regions above. 



Hymns. 



183 



-frfc*>*> 9th P. M. 87 , 87- 

1U(W/V Bereavement and resignation. 

JESUS, while our hearts are bleeding 
O'er the spoils that death has won, 
We would, at this solemn meeting, 
Calmly say,— Thy will be done. 

2 Though cast down, we're not forsaken ; 
Though afflicted, not alone : 

Thou didst give, and thou hast taken ; 
Blessed Lord,— Thy will be done. 

3 Though to-day we're fill' d with mourning, 
Mercy still is on the throne ; 

With thy smiles of love returning, 
We can sing,— Thy will be done. 

4 By thy hands the boon was given ; 
Thou hast taken but thine own : 

Lord of earth, and God of heaven, 
Evermore, — Thy will be done. 

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J- " & O All-svfficiency of J es us. 

HOW tedious and tasteless the hours 
When Jesus no longer I see ! 
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet 
flowers, 

Have all lost their sweetness to me ;- 
The midsummer's sun shines but dim, 

The fields strive in vain to look gay ; 
But when I am happy in him, 

December's as pleasant as May. 

2 His Name yields the richest perfume, 
And sweeter than music his voice ; 

His presence disperses my gloom, 
And makes all within me rejoice ; 

1 should, were he always thus nigh, 
Have nothing to wish or to fear ; 

No mortal so happy as I, — 
My summer would last all the year. 

3 Content with beholding his face, 
My all to his pleasure resign' d, 

No changes of season or place 

Would make any change in my mind 

While blest with a sense of his love 
A palace a toy would appear ; 

And prisons would palaces prove, 
If Jesus would dwell with me there. 

4 My Lord, if indeed I am thine, 
If thou art my sun and my song, 

Say, why do I languish and pine ? 

Ajid why are my winters so long ? 
drive these dark clouds from my sky ; 

Thy soul-cheering presence restore ; 
Or take me to thee up on high, 

Where winter and clouds are no more. 

-*- ^ <Wtfc Peace on earth— goodwill to men. 

IJABK ! what mean those holy voices, 

Sweetly sounding through the skies ? 
Lo ! the angelic host rejoices ; 
Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 

2 Listen to the wondrous story, 
Which they chant in hymns of joy : 

Glory in the highest, glory, 
Glory be to God most high ! 



3 Peace on earth, good will from heaven, 
Reaching far as man is found ; 

Souls redeem'd, and sins forgiven ! — 
Loud our golden harps shall sound. 

4 Christ is born, the great Anointed ; 
Heaven and earth his praises sing ; 

receive whom God appointed, 

For your Prophet, Priest, and King 

5 Hasten, mortals, to adore him ; 
Learn his name, and taste his joy ; 

Till in heaven ye sing before him, — 
Glory be to God most high ! 

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- 1 - v The heavenly Jerusalem. 

AWAY with our sorrow and fear ; 
We soon shall recover our home ; 
The city of saints shall appear, — 

The day of eternity come. 
From earth we shall quickly remove 

And mount to our native abode ; 
The house of our Father above, — 
The palace of angels and God. 

2 Our mourning is all at an end, 
When, raised by the life-giving Word, 

We see the new city descend, 
Adorn' d as a bride for her L©rd : 

The city so holy and clean, 
No sorrow can breathe in the air : 

No gloom of affliction or sin ; 
No shadow of evil is there. 

3 By faith we already behold 
That lovely J erusalem here : 

Her walls are of jasper and gold ; 

As crystal her buildings are clear ; 
Immovably founded in grace, 

She stands as she ever hath stood, 
And brightly her Builder displays, 

And flames with the glory of God. 

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-L " /W vf Evening : Perfect security. 

TNSPIKER and Hearer of prayer, 

A Thou Shepherd and Guardian divine, 

My all to thy covenant care 

I, sleeping or waking, resign. 
While thou art my shield and my sun, 

The night is no darkness to me ; 
And, fast as my minutes roll on, 

They bring me but nearer to thee. 

2 A sovereign Protector I have, 
Unseen, yet forever at hand ; 

Unchangeably faithful to save, — 
Almighty to rule and command. 

Thy ministering spirits descend 
To watch, while thy saints are asleep ; 

By day and by night they attend, 
The heirs of salvation to keep. 

3 Their worship no interval knows ; 
Their fervour is still on the wing ; 

And while they protect my repose. 
They chant to the praise of my King. 

I, too, at the season ordain'd, 
Their chorus forever shall join ; 

And love and adore, without end, 
Their .faithful Creator and mine. 



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Hymns. 



1" '/W • ^< res*, and happy. 

HOW blest is our brother, bereft 
Of all that could burden his mind ! 
How easy the soul that has left 
This wearisome body behind 
This earth is affected no more 

With sickness, or shaken with pain : 
The war in the members is o'er, 
And never shall vex him again. 

2 No anger, henceforward, or shame, 
Shall redden this innocent clay : 

Extinct is the animal flame, 
And passion is vanish' d away. 

This languishing head is at rest ; 
Its thinking and aching are o'er ; 

This quiet, immovable breast 
Is heaved by affliction no more. 

3 The lids he so seldom could close, 
By sorrow forbidden to sleep, 

Now seal'd in their mortal repose, 
Have strangely forgotten to weep ; 

The fountains can yield no supplies : 
These hollows from water are free ; 

The tears are all wiped from these eyes, 
And evil they never shall see. 

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Iv yfi O Reigning in His kingdom of grace. 

ALL glory to God in the sky, 
And peace upon earth be restored ; 
Jesus, exalted on high, 

Appear, our omnipotent Lord : 
Who, meanly in Bethlehem born, 

Didst stoop to redeem a lost race, 
Once more to thy creatures return, 
And reign in thy kingdom of grace. 

2 O wouldst thou again be made known, — 
Again in thy Spirit descend ; 

And set up, in each of thine own, 
A kingdom that never shall end ! 

Thou only art able to bless, 

And make the glad nations obey, 

And bid the dire enmity cease, 
And bow the whole world to thy sway. 

3 0, come to thy servants again, 
Who long thine appearing to know ; 

Thy quiet and peaceable reign 

In mercy establish below : 
All sorrow before thee shall fly, 

And anger and hatred be o'er ; 
And envy and malice shall die, 

And discord afflict us no more. 

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Immutability. 

THIS, this is the God we adore, 
Our faithful, unchangeable fiiend, 
Whose love is as great as his power, 

And neither knows measure nor end : 
'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, 

Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home ; 
We'll praise him for all that is past, 
And trust him for all that's to come. 



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Ardent desires for the Spirit's influences. 

/^OME, holy, celestial Dove, 
^ To visit a sorrowful breast ; 
My burden of guilt to remove, 

And bring me assurance and rest. 
Thou only hast power to relieve 

A sinner o'er whelm' d with his load ; 
The sense of acceptance to give, 

And sprinkle his heart with the blood. 

2 With me if of old thou hast strove, 
And strangely withheld me from sin> 

And tried, by the lure of thy love, 
My worthless affections to win ; 

The work of thy mercy revive ; 
Thy uttermost mercy exert ; 

And kindly continue to strive, 
And hold, till I yield thee my heart. 

3 Thy call if I ever have known, 
And sigh'd from myself to get free, 

And groan' d the unspeakable groan, 
And long'd to be happy in thee ; 

Fulfil the imperfect desire ; 
Thy peace to my conscience reveal ; 

The sense of thy favour inspire, 
And give me my pardon to feel. 

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Longing for still closer communion. 

HPHOU Shepherd of Israel, and mine, 
*- The joy and desire of my heart, 
For closer communion I pine ; 

I long to reside where thou art : 
The pasture I languish to find, 

Where all, who their Shepherd obey, 
Are fed, on thy bosom reclined. 

And screen' d from the heat of the day. 

2 'Tis there, with the lambs of thy flock, 

There only, I covet to rest ; 
To lie at the foot of the rock, 

Or rise to be hid in thy breast : 
'Tis there I would always abide, 
. And never a moment depart, — 
Conceal'd in the cleft of thy side, 

Eternally held in thy heart. 

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-i.\/e>/W There shall be no night there. 



NO need of the sun in that day, 
Which never is follow' d by night, 
Where Jesus' s beauties display 

A pure and a permanent light j 
The Lamb is their Light and their Sun, 

And lo ! by reflection they shine ; 
With Jesus ineffably one, 
And bright in effulgence divine. 

2 The saints in his presence receive 

Their great and eternal reward ; 
In Jesus, in heaven, they live, — 

They reign in the smile of their Lord, 
j The flame of angelical love 

Is kindled at Jesus' s face ; 
j And all the enjoyment above, 
I Consists in the rapturous gaze. 



Hymns. 



185 



1 AOO 10th P. M. 4 lines 8s. 

AVO ° The Rock that is higher than I. 

ENCOMPASS'D with clouds of distress, 
And ready all hope to resign, 

1 long for thy light and thy grace ; 
&od, will they never be mine ? 

2 If sometimes I strive, as I mourn, 
My hold of thy promise to keep, 

The billows more fiercely return, 
And plunge me again in the deep. 

3 Appear, aud my sorrow shall cease ; 
The blood of atonement apply ; 

And lead me to Jesus for peace, — 
The Rock that is higher than I. 

4 enter this desolate heart, — 

Then rule o'er the heart thou hast won ; 
Nor again in thine anger depart, 
But make it forever thy throne. 

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-L VfOtt: Forgiveness implored. 

HOW shall a lost sinner in pain, 
Recover his forfeited peace ? 
When brought into bondage again, 
What hope of a second release ? 
Will mercy itself be so kind 

To spare a backslider like me ? 
And 0, can I possibly find 
Such plenteous redemption in thee ? 



2 Jesus, of thee I inquire, 

If still thou art able to save, 
The brand to pluck out of the fire, 

And ransom my soul from the grave ? 
The help of thy Spirit restore ; 

O, show me the life-giving blood ; 
And pardon a sinner once more, 

And bring me again unto God. 

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J- VrcJcJ The grave disarmed of its terrors. 

MAN dieth, and wasteth away, 
And where is he ? — Hark ! from the 

1 hear a voice answer and say, — [skies, 
The spirit of man never dies ! 

His body, which came from the earth, 
Must mingle again with the sod ; — 

His soul, which in heaven had birth, 
Returns to the bosom of God. 

2 No terror has death, or the grave, 
To those who believe in the Lord — 

Who know the Redeemer can save, 
And lean on the faith of his word : 

While ashes to ashes, and dust 
We give unto dust, in our gloom, 

The light of salvation we trust, 

Which, hangs like a lamp in the tomb. 

3 O Lord God Almighty ! to thee 
We turn, as our solace above ; 

The waters may fail from the sea, 
But never thy fountains of love : 

O teach us thy will to obey, 
And sing, with one heart and accord, — 

He gave, and he taketh away, 
And praised be the name of the Lord. 



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Happiness of those whom God correcteth. 

HOW happy the sorrowful man, 
Whose sorrow is sent from above ! 
Indulged with a visit of pain, — 

Chastised by omnipotent love : 
The Author of all his distress 

He comes by affliction to know, 
And God he in heaven shall bless, 
That ever he suffer' d below. 

2 Thus, thus may I happily grieve, 
And bear the intent of his rod ; 

The marks of adoption receive, — 
The strokes of a merciful God : 

With nearer access to his throne, 
My burden of folly confess ; 

The cause of my miseries own, 
And cry for an answer of peace. 

3 O Father of mercies, on me, 
On me, in affliction, bestow 

A power of applying to thee, — 

A sanctified use of my wo : 
I would, in a spirit of prayer, 

To all thy appointments submit ; 
The pledge of my happiness bear, 

And joyfully cue at thy feet. 

4 Then, Father, and never till then, 
I all the felicity prove, 

Of living a moment in pain, — 

Of dying in Jesus's love : 
A sufferer here with my Lord, 

With Jesus above I sit down ; 
Receive an eternal reward, 
And glory obtain in a crown. 



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* Triumphant death of a brother. 

TI7EEP not for a brother deceased ; 
" Our loss is his infinite gain : 
A soul out of prison released, 

And freed from its bodily chain ; 
With songs let us follow his flight, 

And mount with his spirits above, 
Escaped to the mansions of light, 

And lodged in the Eden of love. 

2 Our brother the haven hath gain'd, 
Outflying the tempest and wind ; 

His rest he hath sooner obtain'd, 
And left his companions behind, 

Still toss'd on a sea of distress, 
Hard toiling to make the blest shore, 

Where all is assurance and peace, 
And sorrow and sin are no more. 

3 There all the ship's company meet, 
Who sail'd with the Saviour beneath ; 

With shouting each other they greet, 

And triumph o'er sorrow and deatli : 
The voyage of life's at an end ; 

The mortal affliction is past : 
The age that in heaven they spend, 

Forever and ever shall last* 



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Hymns. 



^ AOQ 11th P.M. 76,76, 77.76. 

_L V/OO 27ie better portion. 

RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings ; 
Thy better portion trace ; 
Rise from transitory things, 

Tow'rd heaven, thy native place : 
Sun, and moon, and stars decay ; 

Time shall soon this earth remove ; 
Kise, my soul, and haste away 
To seats prepared above. 

2 Rivers to the ocean run, 
Nor stay in all their course ; 

Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; 

Both speed them to their source : 
So a soul that's born of God, 

Pants to view his glorious face ; 
Upward tends to his abode, 

To rest in his embrace. 

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn ; 
Press onward to the prize ; 

Soon our Saviour will return 

Triumphant in the skies : 
There we'll join the heavenly train, 

Welcomed to partake the bliss ; 
Fly from sorrow, care, and pain, 

To realms of endless peace. 

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Tht midnight cry. 

HEARKEN to the solemn voice, 
The awful midnight cry ; 
Waiting souls, rejoice, rejoice, 

And see the Bridegroom nigh : 
Lo, he comes to keep his word ; 

Light and joy his looks impart ; 
Go ye forth to meet your Lord, 
Ajid meet him in your heart. 

2 Ye who faint beneath the load 

Of sin, your heads lift up ; 
See your great redeeming God ; 

He comes, and bids you hope. 
In the midnight of your grief, 

Jesus doth his mourners cheer ; 
Lo, he brings you sure relief ; 

Believe, and feel him here. 

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XV/:EV The Lord is thy Keeper, 

SEE the Lord, thy Keeper, stand 
Omnipotently near : 
Lo ! he holds thee by thy hand, 

And banishes thy fear : 
Shadows with his wings thy head ; 

Guards from all impending harms ; 
Round thee and beneath are spread 
The everlasting arms. 

2 Christ shall bless thy going out, 

Shall bless thy coming in ; 
Kindly compass thee about, 

Till thou art saved from sin ; 
Like thy apotless Master, thou, 

Fill'd with wisdom, love, and power ; 
Holy, pure, and perfect now, 

Henceforth, and evermore. 



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i Self-abasement. 

GRACIOUS God, my sins forgive ; 
Thy Spirit now impart ; 
Then shall I in thee believe 
With all my loving heart : 
Always unto Jesus look, — 

Him in heavenly glory see, 
Who to save me undertook, 
And ever prays for me. 

2 Grace, in answer to his prayer ? 
Fulness of grace bestow ; 

That I may with zealous care 

Perform thy will below ; 
Rooted in humility, 

Still in every state resign' d, — 
Plant, Almighty Lord, in me 

A meek and lowly mind. 

3 Poor and vile in mine own eyes, 
With self-abasing shame, 

Still I would myself despise, 

And magnify thy name. 
Thee let every creature bless ; 

Praise alone to God be given ; 
God alone deserves the praise 

Of all in earth and heaven. 

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J_ ^fzhe Triune God of troth and grace. 

MEET and right it is to sing, 
In every time and place, 
Glory to our heavenly King, 

The God of truth and grace : 
Join we then with sweet accord, 
All in one thanksgiving join : 
Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
Eternal" praise be thine. 

2 Thee the first-born sons of light, 
In choral symphonies, 

Praise by day, day without night, 

And never, never cease ; 
Angels, and archangels, all 

Praise the mystic Three in One ; 
Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall 

O'erwhelmed before thy throne. 

3 Vying with that heavenly choir, 
Who chant thy praise above, 

We on eagle wings aspire, — 

The wings of faith and love ; 
Thee they sing, with glory crown'd; 

We extol the slaughter' d Lamb ; 
Lower if our voices sound, 

Our subject is the same. 

4 Father, God, thy love we praise, 
Which gave thy Son to die ; 

Jesus, full of truth and grace, 

Alike we glorify ; 
Spirit, Comforter divine, 

Praise by all to thee be given, 
Till we in full chorus join, 

And earth is turn'd to heaven- 



Hymns. 



187 



1 H4. llth p - M - 76 > 76> 77 ' 76 * 

TAe righteousness of faith. 

OFT I in my heart have said, — 
Who shall ascend on high, 
Mount to Christ, my glorious Head, 

And bring him from the sky ? 
Borne on contemplation's wing, 
Surely I shall find him there, 
Where the angels praise their King, 
And gain the Morning Star. 

2 Oft I in my heart have said, — 
Who to the deep shall stoop, 

Sink with Christ among, the dead, 
From thence to bring him up i 

Could I but my heart prepare, 
By unfeign'd humility, 

Christ would quickly enter there, 
And ever dwell in me. 

3 But the righteousness of faith 
Hath taught me better things : — 

Inward turn thine eyes, — it saith, 
While Christ to me it brings : — 

Christ is ready to impart 
Life to all, for life who sigh : 

In thy mouth and in thy heart 
The word is ever nigh. 

1 04-4- lith p - M - 76 > 76 > 77 « 76 

v * ^ Seeking his power and grace. 

FATHEE of our dying Lord, 
Kemember us for good • 

fulfil his faithful word, 
And hear his speaking blood. 

Give us that for which he prays : 

Father, glorify thy Son ; 
Show his truth, and power, and grace 

And send the promise down. 

2 True and faithful Witness, thou, 

O Christ, the Spirit give ; 
Hast thou not received him now, 

That we might now receive ? 
Art thou not the living Head ? 

Life to all thy limbs impart ; 
Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed, 

Ih every waiting heart. 

8 Holy Ghost, the Comforter, 

The gift of Jesus, come ; 
Glow our hearts to find thee near, 

And swell to make thee room ; 
Present with us thee we feel ; 

Come, O come, and in us be ; 
With us, in us, live and dwell, 

To all eternity. 

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" My help comethfrom the Lord. 

TO the hills I lift mine eyes, 
J- The everlasting hills • 
Streaming thence in fresh supplies 

My soul the Spirit feels : 
Will he not his help afford? 

Help, while yet I ask, is given : 
God comes down ; the God and Lord 

Who made both earth and heaven. 



2 Faithful soul, pray always ; pray, 
And still in God confide ; 

He thy feeble steps shall stay, 

Nor suffer thee to slide ; 
Lean on thy Redeemer's breast , 

He thy quiet spirit keeps ; 
Eest in him, securely rest ; 

Thy watchman never sleeps. 

3 Neither sin, nor earth, nor hell, 
Thy Keeper can surprise ; 

Careless slumbers cannot steal 

On his all-seeing eyes : 
He is Israel's sure defence ; 

Israel all his care shall prove ; 
Kept by watchful Providence 

And ever- waking Love. 

1 llth p - M - 76 » 76 ' 77 « 76 - 

The mystery of the cross. 

GOD of unexampled grace, 
Redeemer of mankind, 
Matter of eternal praise 

We in thy passion find : 
Still our choicest strains we bring; 

Still the joyful theme pursue ; 
Thee the Friend of sinners sing, 
Whose love is ever new. 

2 Endless scenes of wonder rise, 
With that mysterious tree, — 

Crucified before our eyes, 

Where we the Saviour see : 
Jesus, Lord, what hast thou done ? 

Publish we the death divine ; 
Stop, and gaze, and fall, and own 

Was never love like thine ! 

3 Never love nor sorrow was 
Like that my Jesus show'd ; 

See him stretch'd on yonder cross, 
And crush' d beneath our load ! 

Now discern the Deity ; 
Now his heavenly birth declare ; 

Faith cries out, — 'Tis He, — 'tis He, — 
My God that suffers there ! 

1 04 7 llth p - M - 76 > 76 » 77 > 76 - 

w • Security and safety. 

SEE the gospel Church secure 
And founded on a Rock ; 
All her promises are sure ; 

Her bulwarks who can shock ? 
Count her every precious shrine ; 

Tell, to after ages tell, — 
Fortified by power divine, 
The Church can never fail. 

2 Zion's God is all our own, 
Who on his love rely ; 

We his pard'ning love have known, 

And live to Christ, and die : 
To the New Jerusalem 

He our faithful Guide shall be ; 
Him we claim, and rest in him, 

Through all eternity. 



188 



Hymns. 



10d_ft 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 

IvtO Determined to know nothing but Jesus 
and him crucified. 

VAIN, delusive world, adieu, 
With all ©f creature good : 
Only Jasus I pursue, 

Who bought me with his blood : 
All thy pleasures I forego ; 

I trample on thy wealth and pride ; 
Only Jesus will Tknow, 
And Jesus crucified. 

2 Other knowledge I disdain ; 
'Tis all but vanity : 

Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain, — 

He tasted death for me. 
Me to save from endless woe 

The sin-atoning Victim died : 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified. 

3 Here will I set up my rest ; 
My fluctuating heart 

From the haven of his breast 

Shall never more depart : 
Whither should a sinner go? 

His wounds for me stand open wide ; 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified. 

4 Him to know is life and peace, 
And pleasure without end ; 

This is all my happiness, 

On Jesus to depend ; 
Daily in his grace to grow, 

And ever in his faith abide ; 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified. 

5 that I could all invite, 
This saving truth to prove ; 

Show the length, the breadth, the height, 

And depth of Jesus' love ! 
Fain I would to sinners show 

The blood by faith alone applied ; 
Only Jesus will I know, 

And Jesus crucified. 

1 " mh p - M - 76, 76 » 78, 76 - 

^ *■* Humility and contrition. 

JESUS, let thy pitying eye 
Call back a wandering sheep ; 
False to thee, like Peter, I 

Would fain like Peter weep. 
Let me be by grace restored ; 

On me be all long-suff' ring shown ; 
Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 
And break my heart of stone. 

2 Saviour, Prince, enthroned above, 
Repentance to impart, 

Give me, through thy dying love, 

The humble, contrite heart : 
Give what I have long implored, 

A portion of thy grief unknown ; 
Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 

And break my heart of stone. 



3 For thine own compassion's sake, 

The gracious wonder show ; 
Cast my sins behind my back, 

And wash me white as snow : 
If thy bowels now are stirr'd, 

If now I do myself bemoan, 
Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 

And break my heart of stone. 

1 n^n 12th p - M - 76 > 76 > 78 ' 76 - 

-Lvil \J Safe with Jesus in tiie ship. 

LORD of earth, and air, and sea, 
Supreme in power and grace, 
Under thy protection we 

Our souls and bodies place. 
Bold an unknown land to try, 

We launch into the foaming deep; 
Rocks, and storms, and deaths defy, 
With Jesus in the ship. 

2 Who the calm can understand 
In a believer's breast ? 

In the hollow of his hand 

Our souls securely rest. 
Winds may rise, and seas may roar ; 

We on his love our spirits stay ; 
Him with quiet joy adore- 

Whom winds and seas obey. 

1 n p» 1 12th p - M - 76, 76 ' 78 » 76, 

' "vl Christ a shelter front the storm. 

SAVIOUR, now in me perform 
The work thou hast begun ; 
Be my shelter from the storm, 

My shadow from the sun : 
Weary, parch'd with thirst, and faint, 
Till thou th' abiding Spirit breathe ; 
Every moment, Lord, I want 
The merit of thy death. 

2 Never shall I want it less 
When thou the gift hast given, 

Fill'd me with thy righteousness, 
And seal'd the heir of heaven : 

1 will trust in thee, my God, 
Till I thy perfect glory see ; 

Till the sprinkling of thy blood 
Shall speak me up to thee. 

j AKO 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 

Smarting under the rod. 

FATHER, if thou must reprove 
For all that I have done, 
Not in anger, but in love, 

Chastise thine humbled son. 
Use the rod, and not the sword ; 

Correct with kind severity ; 
Bring me not to nothing, Lord, 
But bring me home to thee. 

2 True and faithful as thou art 
To all thy church and me, 

Give a new, believing heart, 
That knows and cleaves to thee ; 

For when we our hearts resign, 
O Jesus, to be fill'd with thee, 

Thou art ours, and we are thine. 
Through all eternity ! 



Hymns. 



189 



1053 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 

t»$us, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. 

CAST on the fidelity 
Of my redeeming Lord, 

1 shall his salvation see, 
According to his word : 

Credence to his word I give ; 

My Saviour in distresses past 
Will not now his servant leave, 

But bring me through at last. 

2 Better than my boding fears 
To me thou oft hast proved ; 

Oft observed my silent tears, 
And challenged thy beloved : 

Mercy to my rescue flew, 
And death ungrasp'd his fainting prey; 

Pain before thy face withdrew, 
And sorrow fled away. 

3 Now as yesterday the same, 
In all my troubles nigh, 

Jesus, on thy word and name 

I steadfastly rely : 
Sure as now the grief I feel, 

The promised joy I soon shall have ; 
Saved again, to sinners tell 

Thy power and will to save. 

4 To thy blessed will resign' d, 
And stay'd on that alone, 

1 thy perfect strength shall find, — 
Thy faithful mercies own ; 

Compass'd round with songs of praise, 
My all to my Eedeemer give ; 

Spread thy miracles of grace, 
And to thy glory live. 

1054 12th p M 76> 76 ^ 78 ^ 76 

The Lord's Supper : For a parting blessing. 

LAMB of God, whose dying love 
We now recall to mind, 
Send the answer from above, 

And let us mercy find : 
Think on us who think on thee, 

And every struggling soul release ; 
O remember Calvary, 
And bid us go in peace ! 

2 By thine agonizing pain. 
And bloody sweat, we pray, — 

By thy dying love to man, — 

Take all our sins away : 
Burst our bonds, and set us free ; 

From all iniquity release ; 
O remember Calvary, 

And bid us go in peace ! 

3 Let thy blood, by faith applied, 
The sinner's pardon seal ; 

Speak us freely justified, 

And all our sickness heal : 
By thy passion on the tree, 

Let all our griefs and troubles cease ; 
remember Calvary, 

And bid us go in peace ! 



1055 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78,76. 

Saved by grace. 

LET the world their virtue boast, — 
Their works of righteousness ; 
I, a wretch undone and lost, 
Am freely saved by grace ; 
Other title I disclaim ; 
This, only this, is all my plea : — 

1 the chief of sinners am, 
But Jesus died for me. 

2 Happy they whose joys abound 
Like Jordan's swelling stream ; 

Who their heaven in Christ have found 

And give the praise to him. 
Meanest foll'wer of the Lamb, 

His steps I at a distance see : 
I the chief of sinners am, 

But Jesus died for me. 

3 Jesus, thou for me hast died, 
And thou in me wilt live ; 

I shall feel thy death applied ; 

I shall thy life receive : 
Yet, when melted in the flame 

Of love, this shall be all my plea, 
I the chief of sinners am, 

But Jesus died for me. 

1 OPlfi 12th p - M - < 6 > 76, 78, 76. 

v v T j ie deceitfulness of sin. 

JESUS, friend of sinners, hear 
Yet once again, I pray ; 
From my debt of sin set clear 

For I have naught to pay ; 
Speak, O speak the kind release ; 

A poor backsliding soul restore ; 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 
And bid me sin no more. 

2 For my selfishness and pride 
Thou hast withdrawn thy grace ; 

Left me long to wander wide, 

An outcast from thy face ; 
But I now my sins confess, 

And mercy, mercy, I implore , 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 

And bid me sin no more. 

3 Sin's deceitfulness hath spread 
A hardness o'er my heart ; 

But if thou thy Spirit shed, 

The stony shall depart : 
Shed thy love, thy tenderness, 

And let me feel thy soft'ning power ; 
Love me freely, seal my peace, 

And bid me sin no more. 

1 5 H 10th p - M - 8 Unes 8s - 

Following the Lamb. 

Tune, " Contrast," p. 362 

11711 AT now is my object and aim ? 
* * What now is my hope and desire ? 
To follow the heavenly Lamb, 

And after his image aspire : 
My hope is all centred in thee ; 

I trust to recover thy love ; 
On earth thy salvation to see, 

And then to enjoy it above. 



190 



Hymns. 



1 4 4 ~ W 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
IvOO Tears <?/ joy. 

LORD, and is thine anger gone,— 
And art thou pacified ? 
After all that I have done, 

Dost thou no longer chide ? 
Let thy love my heart constrain, 

And all my restless passions sway: 
Keep me, lest I turn again 
Out of the narrow way. 

2 To the cross, thine altar, bind 
Me with the cords of love ; 

Freedom never let me find 
From thee, my Lord, to move : 

That I never, never more 
May with my much-loved Master part, 

To the posts of mercy's door, 

nail my willing heart ! 

3 See my utter helplessness, 
And leave me not alone ; 

preserve in perfect peace, 

And seal me for thine own : 
More and more thyself reveal, 

Thy presence let me always find ; 
Comfort, and confirm, and heal 

My feeble, sin-sick mind. 

4 As the apple of thine eye, 
Thy weakest servant keep ; 

Help me at thy feet to lie, 

And there forever weep : 
Tears of joy mine eyes overflow, 

That I have any hope of heaven ; 
Much of love I ought to know, 

For I have much forgiven. 

^ AKQ 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78,76. 

A "*J ^Wretched, andpoor, and blind, and naked. 

WRETCHED, helpless, and distress'd, 
Ah! whither shall I fly? 
Ever gasping after rest, — 

1 cannot find it nigh : 

Naked, sick, and poor, and blind, — 
Fast bound in sin and misery, — 

Friend of sinners, let me find 
My help, my all in thee. 

2 Jesus, full of truth and grace, 
In thee is all I want ; 

Be the wand'rer's resting-place, — 

A cordial to the faint : 
Make me rich, for I am poor ; 

In thee may I my Eden find ; 
To the dying:, health restore, 

And eye-sight to the blind. 

3 Clothe me, Lord, with holiness, 
With meek humility ; 

Put on me that glorious dress,— 

Endue my soul with thee : 
Let thine image be restored ; 

Thy name and nature let me prove ; 
With thy fulness fill me, Lord, 

And perfect me in love, 



1 AAA 12th p - M - 76, 76, 7S, 76. 
X \J O VJ Security of the righteous at the last day. 

STAND the' omnipotent decree ; 
Jehovah's will be done; 
Nature's end we wait to see, 
And hear her final groan. 
Let this earth dissolve, and blend 

In death the wicked and the just ; 
Let those pond'rous orbs descend, 
And grind us into dust : — 

2 Eests secure the righteous man ; 
At his Redeemer's beck, 

Sure to' emerge aud rise again, 

And mount above the wreck : 
Lo ! the heavenly spirit towers, 

Like flames o'er nature's funeral pyre; 
Triumphs in immortal powers, 

And claps his wings of fire. 

3 Nothing hath the just to lose, 
By worlds on worlds destroy'd ; 

Far "beneath his feet he views, 
With smiles, the flaming void ; 

Sees this universe renew'd, — 
The grand millennial reign begun ; 

Shouts, with all the sons of God, 
Around the' eternal throne. 

4 Besting in this glorious hope, 
To be at last restored, 

Yield we now our bodies up, 
To earthquake, plague, or sword; 

List'ning for the call divine, 
The latest trumpet of the seven, 

Soon our soul and dust shall join, 
And both fly up to heaven. 

1061 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 

Seeking refuge in the blood of the Lamb. 

GOD of my salvation, hear, 
And help me to believe ; 
Simply do I now draw near, 

Thy blessing to receive. 
Full of guilt, alas ! I am, 

But to thy wounds for refuge flee : 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 
Thy blood was shed for me. 

2 Standing now as newly slain, 
To thee I lift mine eye ; 

Balm of all my grief and pain, 

Thy blood is always nigh. 
Now as yesterday the same 

Thou art, and wilt forever be : 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy blood was shed for me. 

3 No good word, or work, or thought, 
Bring I to buy thy grace ; 

Pardon I accept, unbought,- — 

Thy proffer I embrace. 
Coming as at first I came, 

To take, and not bestow on thee : 
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 

Thy "felood was shed for me. 



Hymns. 



191 



-« ^^»f> 27th P. M. 4 lines lis. 

X \J\) £ Rejoicing in tfie care of the good Shepherd. 

THE Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall 
I know ; 

1 feed in green pastures, safe-folded I rest; 
He leadetn my soul where the still waters 

flow, 

Eestores me when wand'ring, redeems 
when oppress'd. 

2 Through the valley and shadow of death 

though I stray, 
Since thou art my guardian, no evil I fear; 
Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my 

stay; 

No harm can befall with my Comforter near. 

3 In the midst of affliction my table is 

spread : 

With blessings unmeasured my cup run- 
neth o'er ; 

With oil and perfume thou anointest my 
head : 

what shall I ask of thy providence more? 

4 Let goodness and mercy, my bountiful 

God, 

Still follow my steps till I meet thee above ; 

1 seek — by the path which my forefathers 

trod, 

Through the land of their sojourn — thy 
kingdom of love. 

-I A^O 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 

A \J\J O Speak the word. 

EVEE fainting with desire, 
For thee, Christ, I call ; 
Thee I restlessly require ; 

I want my God, my all. 
Jesus, dear redeeming Lord, 

I wait thy coming from above : 
Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 
And perfect me in love. 

2 Wilt thou suffer me to go 
Lamenting all my days ? 

Shall I never, never know 

Thy sanctifying grace? 
Wilt thou not thy light afford ? 

The darkness from my soul remove ? 
Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 
8 Thou my life, my treasure be, 

My portion here below : 
Nothing would I seek but thee, — 

Thee only would I know ; 
My exceeding great reward, — 

My heaven on earth, my heaven above : 
•Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 

And perfect me in love. 
4 Grant me now the bliss to feel 

Of those that are in thee : 
Son of God, thyself reveal ; 

Engrave thy Name on me. 
As in heaven, be here adored, 

And let me now the promise prove ; 
Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 

Aid perfect me in love. 



1064: 



12th P. M. 76. 76 78 76. 
The heart broken. 

SAVIOUR, see me from above, 
Nor suffer me to die ; 
Life, and happiness, and love, 
Drop from thy gracious eye : 
Speak the reconciling word, 

And let thy mercy melt me down ; 
Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 
And break my heart of stone. 

2 Look, as when thine eye pursued 
The first apostate man , — 

Saw him welt'ring in his blood, 

And bade him rise again : 
Speak my paradise restored ; 

Eedeem me by thy grace alone : 
Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 

And break my heart of stone. 

3 Look, as when thy languid eye 
Was closed that we might live ; 

Father, (at the point to die 

My Saviour pray'd,) forgive ! 
Surely with that dying word 

He turns, andlooks, and cries, — 'Tis done ! 
my bleeding, loving Lord, 

Thou break' st my heart of stone. 



12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
The living Name. 



1065 

THOU, who hast in Zion laid 
*- The true Foundation-stone, 
And with those a cov'nant maie 

Who build on that alone : 
Hear us, Architect divine ! 

Great Builder of thy church below ! 
Now upon thy servants shine, 
Who seek thy praise to show. 

2 Earth is thine : her thousand hills 
Thy mighty hand sustains ; 

Heaven thy awful presence fills ; 

O'er all thy glory reigns : 
Yet the place of old prepared, 

By regal David's favour' d son, 
Thy peculiar blessing shared, 

And stood thy chosen throne. 

3 We, like Jesse's son, would raise 
A temple to the Lord ; 

Sound throughout its courts his praise, 

His saving Name record ; 
Dedicate a house to him 

Who once, in mortal weakness shrined, 
Sorrow'd, suffer'd, to redeem, 

To rescue, all mankind. 

4 Father, Son, and Spirit, send 
The consecrating flame ; 

Now in majesty descend ; 

Inscribe the living Name : 
That great Name by which we live, 

Now write on this accepted stone ; 
Us into thy hands receive ; 

Our temple make thy throne. 



192 



Hymns. 



1 4 wiii 13th p - M - 10 10 > 11 1L 

XUUl) TJie Lord will provide. 

THOUGH troubles assail, and danger* 
*■ affright, 

Though friends should all fail, and foes all unite, 
V et one thing secures us, whatever betide. 
The promise assures us, — The Lord will 
provide. 

2 The birds, without barn or storehouse, 

are fed : 

From them let us learn to trust forour bread: 
His saints what is fitting shall ne 1 er be denied, 
So long as 'tis written, — The Lord will 
provide. 

3 When Satan appears to stop up our path, 
And fills uswith fears, we triumph byfaith ; 
He cannot take from us (though oft he has tried) 
The heart-cheering promise, — The Lord 

will provide. 

4 He tells us we're weak, — our hope is in vain : 
The goodthatwe seek we ne'er shall obtain: 
Butwhen such suggestions ourgraces have tried, 
This answers all questions, — The Lord 

will provide. 

5 No strength of our own, nor goodness we 

claim : 

Our trust is all thrown on Jesus' s Name ; 
In this our strong tower for safety we hide ; 
The Lord is our power, — The Lord will 
provide. 

6 Whenlife sinks apace, and death is in view, 
The word of his grace shall comfort us through : 
Not fearing or doubting, with Christ on 

our side, 

We hope to die shouting, — The Lord will 
provide. 

1 Afi T 15th p * M - 11 9 ' 11 9 - 

J-wO f Rapturous anticipation. 

POME, let us ascend, 

^ My companion and friend, 
To a taste of the banquet above : 

If thy heart be as mine, 

If for Jesus it pine, 
Come up into the chariot of love. 

2 Who in Jesus confide, 
We are bold to outride 

The storms of affliction beneath ; 

With the prophet we soar 

To the heavenly shore, 
And outfly all the arrows of death. 

3 By faith we are come 
To our permanent home ; 

By hope we the rapture improve : 

By love we still rise, 

And look down on the skies, 
For the heaven of heavens is love. 

4 Who on earth can conceive 
How happy we live, 

In the palace of God the great King ; 



What a concert of praise, 
When our Jesus' s grace 
The whole heavenly company sing ! 

5 What a rapturous song, 
When the glorified throng 

In the spirit of harmony join ! — 

Join all the glad choirs, 

Hearts, voices, and lyres, 
And the burden is, — Mercy divine ! 

6 Hallelujah, they cry, 
To the King of the sky,— 

To the great everlasting I AM : 
To the Lamb that was slain, — 
And that liveth again, — 

Hallelujah to God and the Lamb ! 

1068 27th P . M. 4 lines lis 

FATHER Almighty, to thee be ad 
dress'd, 

With Christ and the Spirit, one God, ever 
blest, 

All glory and worship, from earth and 

from heaven, 
As was and is now, and shall ever be given. 

1 OAQ 13th p - M - 10 10 ' 11 n - 

-LW«7 Adoration for infinite love. 

YE servants of God, your Master proclaim, 
Andpublish abroad his wonderful name: 
The name all-victorious of Jesus extol ; 
His kingdom is glorious ; he rules over all. 

2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save ; 
And still he is nigh ; his presence we have : 
The great congregation his triumph shall sing, 
Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King. 

3 Salvation to God who sits on the throne : 
Let all cry aloud, and honour the Son ; 
The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, 
Eall down on their faces, and worship the 

Lamb. 

4 Then let us adore, and give him his right, — 
All glory, and power, and wisdom, and might, 
Ail honour and blessing, with angels above, 
And thanks never ceasing for infinite love. 

1 f\Wft 13th P. M. 10 10, 11 11. 
JLxJ 4\J Peace, power, and love. 

ALL thanks to the Lamb, who gives us 
to meet : 

His love we proclaim, his praises repeat : 
We owe him our Jesus, continually near, 
To pardon and bless us, and perfect us here. 

2 In him we have peace, in him we have 

power, 

Preserved by his grace throughout the 

dark hour ; 
In all our temptations, he keeps us, to 

prove 

His utmost salvation, his fulness of love. 

3 Pronounce the glad word, and bid us be free : 
Ah ! hast thou not, Lord, a blessing for me ? 
The peace thou hast given, this moment 

impart, 

And open thy heaven, Love, in my heart. 



Hymns. 



193 



1 £\ w -| 18th P. M. 10, 5, 11. 

Eternity near. 

COME, let us anew our journey pursue, 
With vigour arise, 
And press to our permanent place in the 
skies. 

Of heavenly b rth, though wand 1 ring on 
This is not our place, [earth, 
But strangers and pilgrims ourselves we 
confess. 

2 At Jesus's call we give up our all ; 

And still we forego, 
For Jesus's sake, our enjoyments below. 
No longing we find for the country behind; 

But onward we move, 
And still we are seeking a country above: — 
8 A country of joy without any alloy; 

We thither repair; 
Our hearts and our treasure already are 
there. 

We march hand in hand to Immanuel's 
No matter what cheer [land ; 

We meet with on earth, for eternity's here! 

4 The rougher the way, the shorter our stay; 
The tempests that rise 

Shall gloriously hurry our souls.to the skies : 

The fiercer the blast, the sooner 'tis past : 
The troubles that come 

Shall come to our rescue, and hasten us 
home. 

1 7 2> 15th p - M - 12 9 » ^ 2 9 - 

• Joy of the young convert. 

0HOW happy are they 
Who the Saviour obey, 
And have laid up their treasure above ; 
Tongue can never express 
The sweet comfort and peace 
Of a soul in its earliest love. 

2 That sweet comfort was mine, 
When the favour divine 

I received through the blood of the Lamb ; 

When my heart first believed, 

What a joy I received, — 
What a heaven in Jesus's name ! 

3 'Twas a heaven below 
My Eedeemer to know, 

And the angels could do nothing more, 

Than to fall at his feet, 

And the story repeat, 
And the Lover of sinners adore. 

4 Jesus all the day long 
Was my joy and my song : 

O that all his salvation might see ; 

He hath loved me, I cried, 

He hath suffer' d and died, 
To redeem even rebels like me. 

5 the rapturous height 
Of that holy delight 

Which I felt in the life-giving blood ; 

Of my Saviour possess 'd, 

I was perfectly blest, 
As if filled with the fulness of God. 



107^ 18th P. M. 10, 5, 11 

* ^ Deliverance from danger. 

\ LL praise to the Lord, who rules with 
a word 
The untractable sea, 
And limits its rage by his steadfast decree: 
Whose providence binds or releases the 
winds, 
And compels them again 
At his beck, to put on the invisible chain. 

2 E'en now he hath heard our cry, and ap- 

pear' d 
On the face of the deep, 
And commanded the tempest its distance, 
to keep ; 

His piloting hand hath brought us to land, 

And, no longer distress'd, 
We are joyful again in the haven to rest. 

3 O that all men would raise His tribute 

of praise, 

His goodness declare, 
And thankfully sing of his fatherly care ; 
With rapture approve His dealings of love, 

And the wonders proclaim 
Perform' d by the virtue of Jesus's Name. 



15th P. M. 11 9, 11 9. 

Christmas-day. 



1074 

ALL hail ! happy day, 
When, enrob'd in our clay, 
The Eedeemer appear' d upon earth ; 
How can we refrain 
To unite in the strain, 
And to hail our Immanuel's birth 1 

2 Ye angels of God, 
Sound his praises abroad, 

And acknowledge him J AH, the I AM : 

We also will join 

In a hymn so divine, 
Giving glory to God and the Lamb ! 

3 may the return 

Of this once blessed morn 
Be forever remember'd with joy : 

Sweet accents of praise 

All our voices shall raise ; 
Hallelujahs shall be our employ ! 

4 Let echo prolong 
The harmonious song, — 

Hallelujahs again and again : 

He kindles the fire, 

Whom the nations desire, 
And to him we devote the glad strain. 

1075 27th P. M. 4 Urns lis. 

FATHER Almighty, to thee be ad- 
dress'd, 

With Christ and the Spirit, one God, ever 
blest, 

All glory and worship, from earth and 

from heaven, 
As was, and is now y and shall ever be given. 



194 



Hymns. 



1076 



1st P. 31. 6 lines 8s- 



Sanctified knowledge. 



COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
To whom we for our children cry, 
The good desired, and wanted most, 

Out of thy richest grace supply : 
The sacred discipline be given, 
To train and bring them up for heaven 

2 Error and ignorance remove ; 

Their blindness both ot heart and mind : 
Give them the wisdom from above, — 

Spotless, and peaceable, and kind: 
In knowledge pure their minds renew, 
And store with thoughts divinely true. 

3 Learning's redundant part and vain 
Be here cut off, and cast aside: 

But let them, Lord, the substance gain: 

In every solid truth abide ; 
Swiftly acquire, and ne'er forego 
The knowledge fit for man to know. 

4 Unite the pair so long disjoin'd, 
Knowledge and vital piety: 

Learning and holiness combined, 

And truth and love, let all men see 
In those whom up to thee we give, 
Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. 



1 H H mh p * M * 8 lines 8s 

The fountain of living waters. 

A FOUNTAIN of life and of grace 
J\. In Christ, our Redeemer, we see: 
For us, who his offers embrace, 

For all, it is open and free : 
Jehovah, himself, doth invite 

To drink of his pleasures unknown : 
The streams of immortal delight, 

That flow from his heavenly throne. 

2 As soon as in him we believe, 

By faith of his Spirit we take : 
And, freely forgiven, receive 

The mercy for Jesus's sake ! 
We gain a pure drop of his love: 

The life of eternity know ; 
Angelical happiness prove, 

And witness a heaven below. 



1078 10th p * Mi 8 Unes s 

Save, Lord, or I perish. 

JESUS, in pity draw near ; 
Come quickly to help a lost soul ; 
To comfort a mourner, appear, 

And make a poor penitent whole : 
The balm of thy mercy apply ; 
, (Thou seest the sore anguish I feel •) 
Save, Lord, or I perish, I die ; 
O save, or I sink into hell. 

2 I sink, if thou longer delay 

Thy pardoning mercy to show: 
Come quickly, and kindly display 

The power of thy passion below : 
By all thou hast done for my sake, 

One drop of thy blood I implore ; 
Now, now let it touch me, and make 

The sinner— a sinner no more, 



1079 



1st P. M. 6 lines 



Let there be light. 



EXPAND thy wings, celestial Dove, 
And, brooding o'er our nature's night, 
Call forth the ray of heavenly love. 

And let there in our souls be light ; 
Illuminate the dark abyss 
With glorious beams of endless bliss. 

2 Let there be light, again command. 
And light there in our hearts shall be ; 

We then, through faith, shall understand 
Thy great mysterious majesty ; 

And, by the shining of thy grace, 

Behold in Christ thy glorious face. 



1080 



1st P. M. 6 ; Buss Ss~ 



The soul's anchor. 



VOW I have found the ground wherein 
W Sure my soul's anchor may remain ; 
The wounds of Jesus for my sin, 

Before the world's foundation slain : 
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay, 
When heaven and earth are fled away. 

2 Father, thine everlasting grace 
Our scanty thought surpasses far: 

Thy heart still melts with tenderness ; 

Thine arms of love still open are 
Returning sinners to receive, 
That mercy they may taste, and live. 

3 love, thou bottomless abyss I 
My sins are swallowed up in thee ; 

Cover'd is my unrighteousness, 

Nor spot of guilt remains on me : 
While Jesus' blood, through earth and skies, 
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries. 

4 By faith I plunge me in the sea ; 
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest; 

Hither, when hell assails, I flee ; 

I look into my Saviour's breast : 
Away, sad doubt and anxious fear ! 
Mercy is all that's written there. 



1081 



9th P.M. 87, 87,87,87. 

Dismission. 



T ORD, dismiss us with thy blessing ; 
Li Bid us now depart in peace ; 
Still on heavenly manna feeding, 

Let our faith and love increase : 
Fill each breast with consolation ; 

Up to thee our hearts we raise : 
When we reach our blissful station, 

Then we'll give thee nobler praise. 



1083 9th P. M. 87, 87,. 87,. 87. 

The apostolic benediction. 

MAY the grace of Christ the Saviour,, 
And the Father's boundless love,. 
With the Holy Spirit's favour, 

Rest upon us from above : 
Thus may we abide in union 

With each other and the Lord ; 
And possess, in sweet communion, 
Joys which earth cannot afford. 



Hymns. 



195 



1083 



11th P. M. 76, 76, 77,76. 
With the voice of the archangel. 



JESUS, faithful to his word, 
Shall with a shout descend : 
And heaven's host their glorious Lord 

Shall joyfully attend ; 
Christ shall come with dreadful noise ; 

Lightnings swift, and thunders loud. 
With the great archangel's voice, 
And with the trump of God. 

2 First the dead in Christ shall rise ; 
Then we that yet remain 

Shall be caught up to the skies, 

And see our Lord again. 
We shall meet him in the air ; 

All rapt up to heaven shall be ; 
Find, and love, and praise him there, 

To all eternity. 

3 Who can tell the happiness 
This glorious hope affords ? 

Joy unutterM we possess 

In these reviving words : 
Happy while on earth we breathe ; 

Mightier bliss ordain'd to know ; 
Trampling down sin, hell, and death, 

To the third heaven we go. 



1084: 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 

In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

BAPTIZED into thy name, 
Mysterious One in Three, 
Our sTmls and bodies claim 

A sacrifice to thee : 
And let us live our faith to prove, 
The faith which works by humble love. 

2 O that our light may shine, 

And all our lives express 
The character divine, 

The real holiness ; 
And then receive us up to' adore 
The triune God for evermore. 



1085 



1st P. M. 6 lines 8 
Aged and helpless. 



IN age and feebleness extreme, 
Who shall a helpless worm redeem ? 
Jesus, my only hope thou art,— 
Strength of my failing flesh and heart : 
O, could I catch a smile from thee, 
And drop into eternity ! 



1086 



Uth P. M. 10 11, 10 11 



Accepted in the Beloved. 



ALL praise to the Lamb ! accepted I am, 
Through faith in the Saviour's adorable 
Name : 

In him I confide, his blood is applied ; 

For me he hath suffer'd, for me he hath died . 

2 Not a doubt doth arise, to darken the skies, 
Or hide for a moment my Lord from mine 
eyes : 

In him I am blest, I lean on his breast, 
And lo 1 in his wounds I continue to rest. 



1087 







10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. 
He holdeth the waters in his hand. 

THOU who hast spread out the skies, 
And measured the depths of the sea, 
Our incense of praise shall arise 
In joyous thanksgiving to thee. 
Forever thy presence is near, 

Though heaves our bark far from the land ; 
We ride on the deep without fear ; 
The waters are held in thy hand. 

2 Eternity comes in the sound 

Of billows that never can sleep ; 
Jehovah encircles us round ; 

Omnipotence walks on the deep. 
Our Father, we look up to thee, 

As on toward the haven we roll ; 
And faith in our Pilot shall be 

An anchor to steady the soul. 



1088 







13th P.M. 10 10, 11 11. 
The plenteousness of His grace. 

WHAT shall I do my Saviour to praise, 
So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace; 
So strong to deliver, so good to redeem, 
The weakest believer that hangs upon him. 

2 How happy the man whose heart is set free; 
The people that can be joyful in thee ; 
Their joy is to walk in the light of thy face, 
And still they are talking of Jesus's grace. 

3 For thou art their boast, their glory, and 

power, 

And I also trust to see the glad hour, 

My soul's new creation, a life from the dead, 

The day of salvation that lifts up my head. 

4 For Jesus, my Lord, is now my defence; 

I trust in his word ; none plucks me from 
thence ; 

Since I have found favour, he all things 
will do; 

My King and my Saviour shall make me 
anew. 

5 Yes, Lord, I shall see the bliss of thine 

own; 

Thy secret to me shall soon be made known ; 
For sorrow and sadness I joy shall receive, 
And share in the gladness of all that believe . 



1089 



13th P.M. 10 10, 11 11. 



The heavenly Pattern. 



A PPOINTED by thee, we meet in thy name, 
ix And meekly agree to follow the Lamb ; 
To trace thy example, the world to disdain. 
And constantly trample on pleasure and pain. 

2 O what shall we do our Saviour to love ? 
To make us anew, come, Lord, from above ; 
The fruit of thy passion, thy holiness give : 
Give us the salvation of all that believe. 

3 O Jesus ! appear ; no longer delay, 
To sanctify here, and bear us away ; 

The end of our meeting on earth let us see — 
Triumphantly sitting in glory with thee. 



196 



Hymns. 



1090 13th P. M. 10 10, 11 11 

Rejoicing in thefreeness of the gift. 

A LL glory and praise to Jesus our Lord, 
So plenteous in grace, so true to his word: 
To us he hath given the gift from above, — 
The earnest of heaven, the Spirit of love. 

2 The truth of our God we boldly assert ; 
His love shed abroad, and power in our heart, 
Ye all may inherit, on Jesus who call ; 

The gitt of his Spirit is proffer'd to all. 

3 His witness within, by faith we receive, 
And, ransom'd from sin, in righteousness 

live ; 

Through Jesus'i passion we gladly possess 
A present salvation,— a kingdom of peace. 

4 The peace and the power, ye sinners, em- 

brace, 

And look for the shower,— the Spirit of grace; 
The gift and the Giver, we all may receive, 
Forever and ever within us to live. 



1091 



27th P. M. i lines lis 



Doxology. 



A FATHER Almighty, to thee be addressed, 
^ With Christ and the Spirit, one God, ever 
blest, 

All glory and worship, from earth and from 
heaven, 

As was, and is now, and shall ever be given 



1092 16th P. M. 11 12, 11 12 

Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 
JOIN ye the anthems of triumph, that 







From the throng of the blest, from the hosts 

of the skies : 
Alleluia, they sing, in rapturous strains ; 
Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 



2 He gave to the light its beneficent wings ; 
He controlleth the counsels of senates and 

kings : 

From his throne in the clouds the lightnings 
are hurl'd, 

And he ruleth the factions that rage through 
the world. 

3 Rejoice, ye that love him , his power oan- 

not fail ; 

His omnipotent goodness shall surely prevail: 
The triumph of evil will shortly be past, 
And omnipotent mercy shall conquer at last. 

4 Though Satan now maketh the nations his 

prey, 

The dominion of darkness shall soon pass 
away : 

Exulting, we join heaven's rapturous 
strains,— 

Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns. 



1093 16th P. M il 12, 11 12. 

The forttaste of endless bliss. 

MY God, I am thine; what a comfort 
^" divine, 

What a blessing, to know that my Jesns is 
mine ! 

In the heavenly Lamb, thrice happy I am ; 
And my heart doth rejoice at the sound of 
his name. 



2 True pleasures abound in the rapturous 

sound, 

And whoever hath found it, hath paradise 
found ; 

My Redeemer to know, to feel his blood flow, 
This is life everlasting— 'tis heaven below. 

3 Yet onward I haste to the heavenly feast ; 
That indeed is the fulness, but this is the 

taste ; 

And this I shall prove, till with joy I remove 
To the heaven of heaveni in Jesus's love. 



Hymns. 



197 



J- "if 4: For the Saviour's guidance. 

MY faith looks up to thee, 
Thou Lamb of Calvary : 
Saviour divine, 
Now hear me while I pray ; 
Take all my guilt away ; 
let me, from this day, 
Be wholly thine. 

2 May thy rich grace impart 
Strength to my fainting heart ; 

My zeal inspire ; 
As thou hast died for me, 
O may my love to thee 
Pure, warm, and changeless be — 

A living fire. 

3 While life's dark maze I tread, 
And griefs around me spread, 

Be thou my Guide ; 
Bid darkness turn to day ; 
Wipe sorrow's tears away, 
Nor let me ever stray 

From thee aside. 

4 When ends life's transient dream ; 
When death's cold, sullen stream 

Shall o'er me roll ; 
Blest Saviour, then, in love, 
^ Fear and distress remove ; 
0, bear me safe above, — 
A ransom'd soul. 



1095 



19th P. M. 664, 6564. 
'invocation of and praise to the Trinity. 



POME, thou Almighty King, 
v Help us thy Name to sing, 

Help us to praise : 
Father all-glorious, 
O'er all victorious, 
Come, and reign over us, 

Ancient of days. 

2 Jesus, our Lord, arise, 
Scatter our enemies, 

And make them fall ; 
Let thine almighty aid 
Our sure defence be made ; 
Our souls on thee be stay'd ; 

Lord, hear our call. 

3 Come, thou incarnate Word, 
Gird on thy mighty sword, 

Our prayer attend ; 
Come, and thy people bless, 
And give thy word success : 
Spirit of holiness, 

On us deseend. 

4 Come, holy Comforter, 
Thy sacred witness bear 

In this glad hour : 
Thou who Almighty art, 
Now rule in every heart, 
And ne'er from us depart, 

Spirit of power. 



5 To the great One and Three 
Eternal praises be 

Hence, evermore. 
His sov'reign majesty 
May we in glory see, 
And to eternity 

Love and adore. 

1 OQA 19th p - M - 664< *66i 

iVVU Let {h ere he light. 

THOU, whose almighty word 
Chaos and darkness heard, 
And took their flight ; 
Hear us, we humbly pray, 
And where the Gospel day 
Sheds not its glorious ray, 
Let there be light. 

2 Thou, who didst come to bring, 
On thy redeeming wing, 

Healing and sight, — 
Health to the sick in mind, 
Sight to the inly blind, — 
O now, to all mankind, 

Let there be light. 

3 Spirit of truth and love, 
Life-giving, holy Dove, 

Speed forth thy flight ; 
Move on the waters' face, 
Bearing the lamp of grace : 
And in earth's darkest place, 

Let there be light. 

1 OQ *7 19th p - M - m > fi6 * t 

- 1 - f Praise to the God of harvest. 

THE God of harvest praise : 
In loud thanksgiving raise 
Hand, heart, and voice ; 
The valleys smile and sing, 
Forests and mountains ring, 
The plains their tribute bring, 
The streams rejoice. 

2 Yea, bless his holy Name, 
And purest thanks proclaim 

Through all the earth ; 
To glory in your lot 
Is duty, — but be not 
God's benefits forgot, 

Amid your mirth. 

3 The God of harvest praise j 
Hearts, hands, and voices, raist, 

With sweet accord ; 
From field to garner throng, 
Bearing your sheaves along, 
And in your harvest song 

Bless ye the Lord. 

1098 19th P. M. 664, 6664 

TO God— the Father, Son, 
And Spirit — Three in One — 
All praise be given : 
Crown him, in every song ; 
To him your hearts belong : 
Let all his praise prolong ; 
On earth — in heaven. 



198 



Hymns. 



1 OQQ 18th p * M - 10 ' 5 » 1L 

*J Renewed fidelity and zeal. m 

i^OME, let us anew our journey pursue, 
v Koll round with the year, 
And never stand still till the Master appear. 
His adorable will let us gladly fulfil, 

And our talents improve, 
By the patience of hope, and the labour of 
love. 

2 Our life is a dream ; our time, as a stream, 

Glides swiftly away, 
And the fugitive moment refuses to stay. 
The arrow is flown, — the moment is gone ; 

The millennial year 
Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here. 

S O that each, in the day of His coming, 

may say, — 
I have fought my way through : 
I have finish' d the work thou didst give 

me to do. 

that each from his Lord may receive the 

glad word, — 
Well and faithfully done ! 
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my 
throne. 

-j -f 21st P. M. 66, 84, 66, 84. 

X JL \J\J The God of Abraham ; my God. 

THE God of Abrah'm praise, 
Who reigns enthroned above • 
Ancient of everlasting days, 

And God of love : 
JEHOVAH, GEE AT I AM ! 
By earth and heaven confess' d ; 

1 bow and bless the sacred Name, 
Forever blest. 

2 The God of Abrah'm praise, 
At whose supreme command 

From earth I rise, and seek the joys 

At his right hand : 
I all on earth forsake, 

Its wisdom, fame, and power, 
And him my only portion make, 

My shielct and 'tower. 

3 The God of Abrah'm praise, 
Whose all-sufficient grace 

Shall guide me all my happy days 

In all his ways : 
He calls a worm his friend : 

He calls himself my God ! 
And he shall save me to the end, 

Through Jesus' blood. 

4 He by himself hath sworn : 
I on his oath depend ; 

I shall, on eagles' wings upborne, 

To heaven ascend : 
I shall behold his face ; 

I shall his power adore, 
Amd sing the wonders of his graee 

For evermore. 



-i -I fk-t 21st p. M. 66, I 

-L X v/ _L ImmanueVs praise* 



i, 66, 84 



PROCLAIM the lofty praise 

A Of Him who once was slain, 

But now is risen, through endless days 

To live and reign ; 
He lives and reigns on high, 

Who bought us with his blood,— 
Enthroned above the farthest sky, 

Our Saviour God. 

2 All honour, power, and praise, 
To Jesus' Name belong ; 

With hosts seraphic glad we raise 

The sacred song : 
Worthy the Lamb, they cry, 

That on the cross was slain ; 
But now, ascended up on high, 

He lives to reign. 

3 He lives to bless and save 
The souls redeem' d by grace, 

And rescue from the dreary grave 

The fallen race ; 
And soon we hope, above, 

A louder strain to sing, — 
With all our powers to praise and love 

Our Saviour King. 

1 1 C%Q, 21st p - M - 66 > 84 ' 66 ' 84 

J- J- V//W Triumphant trust in God. 

MY Shepherd's mighty aid, 
His dear redeeming love, 
His all protecting power display' d, 

I joy to prove. 
Led onward by my guide, 

I view the verdant scene, 
Where limpid waters gently glide 
Through pastures green. 

2 In error's maze my soul 
Shall wander now no more ; 

His Spirit shall, with sweet control, 

The lost restore : 
My willing steps shall lead 

In paths of righteousness ; 
His power defend ; his bounty feed ; 

His mercy bless. 

3 Affliction's deepest gloom 
Shall but his love display ; 

He will the vale of death illume 

With living ray. 
My failing flesh his rod 

Shall thankfully adore 
My heart shall vindicate my God 

For evermore. 

4 His goodness ever nigh, 
His mercy ever free, 

Shall while I live, shall when I die, 

Still follow me. 
Forever shall my soul 

His boundless blessings prove ; 
And while eternal ages roll, 

Adore and love. 



Hymns. 



199 



1\ f\*\ 20th P. M. 66, 77, 77. 

J- vrO The willing captive. 

JESUS, thou art our King ! 
To me thy succour bring : 
■Christ the mighty one art thou ; 

Help for all on thee is laid : 
This the word ; I claim it now; 
Send me now the promised aid. 

2 High on thy Father's throne, 
O look with pity down ! 

Help, help, attend my call ; 

Captive lead captivity : 
King of glory, Lord of all, 

Christ, be Lord, be King to me ! 

3 I now would feel thy sway, 
And only thee obey ; 

Thee my spirit pants to meet : 
This my one, my ceaseless prayer, — 

M ake, make my heart thy seat ; 
O set up thy kingdom there ! 

4 Triumph and reign in me, 
And spread thy victory ; 

Pell, and death, and sin control ; 

Pride, and wrath, and every foe, 
All subdue ; though all my soul, 

Conqu'ring and to conquer go. 

1 104- 21st P. M. 66, 84, 66, 84. 

Joining the heavenly choir. 

THE God who reigns on high 
The great archangels sing, 
And, Holy, holy, holy, cry, 

Almighty King ! 
Who was and is the same, 
And evermore shall be ; 
Jehovah, Father, great I AM. 
We worship thee. 

2 Before the Saviour's face 
The ransom' d' nations bow; 

O'erwhelm'd at his almighty grace, 

Forever new : 
He shows his prints of love, — 

They kindle to a flame ! 
And sound, through all the worlds above, 

The slaughter' d'Lamb. 

3 The whole triumphant host 
Give thanks to God on high : 

Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

They ever cry : 
Hail, Abrah'm's God, and mine . 

(I join the heavenly lays,) 
All might and majesty are thine, 

And endless praise. 

1 105 20thT '- M - 66,77,77. 

Panting for the fulness of Deity. 

CS AVIOUR, the world's and mine, 

^ Was ever grief like thine ? 

Thou my pain, my curse, hast borne ; 

All my sins were laid on thee : 
Help me, Lord, for thee I mourn ; 

Draw me, Saviour,* after thee. 



2 To love is all my wish ; 
I only live for this : 

Grant me, Lord, my heart's desire, 
There, by faith, forever dwell : 

This I always will require, 
Thee, and only thee, to feel. 

3 Thy power I pant to prove, 
Eooted and fix'd in love ; 

Strengthen' d by thy Spirit's might, 
Wise to fathom things divine, 

What the length, and breadth, andheigl 
What the depth of love like thine. 

4 Ah ! give me this to know, 
With all thy saints below ; 

Swells my soul to compass thee : 
Pants in thee to live and move; 

Fill'd with all the Deity, 

All immersed and lost in love ! 

110ft 21 st P. M. 66,84, 66. 

- 1 - " " Pressing toicard the mark, 

THOUGH nature's strength decay, 
And earth and hell withstand, 
To Canaan's bounds I urge my way, 

At His command : 
The wat'ry deep I pass, 

With Jesus in my view ; 
And through the howling wilderness 
My way pursue. 

2 The goodly land I see, 
With peace and plenty blest ; 

A land of sacred liberty 

And endless rest. 
There milk and honey flow, 

And oil and wine abound, 
And trees of life forever grow, 

With mercy crown' d. 

3 There dwells the Lord our King, 
The Lord our Righteousness, 

Triumphant o'er the world and sin, 

The Prince of Peace ; 
On Zion's sacred height, 

His kingdom still maintains ; 
And, glorious, with his saints in light 

Forever reigns. 

4 He keeps his own secure ; 
He guards them by his side ; 

Arrays in garments white and pure 

His spotless bride ; 
With groves of living joys, 

With streams of sacred bliss, 
With all the fruits of paradise, 

He still supplies. 

5 Before the great Three One 
They all exulting stand, 

And tell the wonders he Lath done 

Through all their land : 
The listening spheres attend, 

And swell the growing fame , 
And sing, in songs which never end, 

The wondrous "Name. 



200 



Hymns. 



1 J{\ 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. 

* Fearless in the fire of tribulation. 

HEAD of the Church triumphant, 
We joyfully adore thee : 
Till thou appear, thy members here 

Shall sing like those in glory ; 
We lift our hearts and voices 

With blest anticipation ; 
And cry aloud, and give to God 
The praise of our salvation. 

2 Thou dost conduct thy people 
Through torrents of temptation ; 

Nor will we fear, while thou art near, 

The fire of tribulation : 
The world, with sin and Satan, 

In vain our march opposes ; 
By thee we shall break t trough them all 

And sing the song of Moses. 

3 By faith we see the glory 

To which thou shalt restore us ; 
The cross despise for that high prize 

Which thou hast set before us : 
And if thou count us worthy, 

We each, as dying Stephen, 
Shall see thee stand, at God's right hand, 

To take us up to heaven. 



26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 



The cry of the heathen. 



1108 

FEOM Greenland's icy mountains, 
From India's coral strand ; 
Where Afric's sunny fountains 
Boll down their golden sand 
From many an ancient river, 
From many a palmy plain, 
They call us to deliver 
Their land from error's chain. 

2 What though the spicy breezes 
Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle ; 

Though every prospect pleases, 

And only man is vile : 
In vain with lavish kindness 

The gifts of God are strown ; 
The heathen in his blindness 

Bows down to wood and stone. 

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
With wisdom from on high, 

Shall we to men benighted 

The lamp of life deny ? 
Salvation ! — salvation ! 

The joyful sound proclaim, 
Till earth's remotest nation 

Has learn' d Messiah's name. 

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, 
And you, ye waters, roll, 

Till, like a sea of glory, 
It spreads from pole to pole : 

Till o'er our ransom' d nature 
The Lamb for sinners slain, 

Redeemer, King, Creator, 
In bliss returns to reign. 



1 "I OQ 25111 p - M - 77 - 87 ' 77. 87. 

v Triumphing in delivering grace. 

WOKSHIP, and thanks, and blessing, 
And strength ascribe to Jesus ; — 
Jesus alone defends his own 

When earth and hell oppress us. 
Jesus with joy we witness, 

Almighty to deliver ; 
Our seals set to, that God is true 
And reigns a King forever. 

2 Omnipotent Redeemer, 

Our ransom'd souls adore thee ; 
Our Saviour thou, we find it now, 

And give thee all the glory. 
We sing thine arm unshorten'd, 

Brought through our sore temptation : 
With heart and voice in thee rejoice, 

The God of our salvation. 

3 The world's and Satan's malice, 
Thou, Jesus, hast confounded ; 

And by thy grace, with songs of praise, 

Our happy souls resounded. 
Accepting our deliv'rance, 

We triumph in thy favour ; 
And for the love which now we prove, 

Shall praise thy name forever. 

1HO 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. 

Joining the angelic hosts in praises. 

TESUS, take all the glory : 
" Thy meritorious passion 
The pardon bought, thy mercy brought 

To us the great salvation. 
Thee gladly we acknowledge 

Our only Lord and Saviour, 
Thy name confess, thy goodness bless, 

And triumph in thy favour. 

2 With angels and archangels, 

We prostrate fall before thee ; 
Again we raise our souls in praise, 

And thankfully adore thee. 
Honour, and power, and blessing, 

To thee be ever given, 
By all who know thy love below, 

And all the hosts of heaven. 

1111 26th P. M.76, 76, 76,76. 

Departing missionaries. 

ROLL on, thou mighty ocean ; 
And, as thy billows flow, 
Bear messengers of mercy 

To every land below. 
Arise, ye gales, and waft them 

Safe to the destined shore ; 
That man may sit in darkness, 
And death's black shade, no more. 

2 thou eternal Ruler, 

Who holdest in thine arm 
The tempests of the ocean, 

Protect them from all harm ! 
Thy presence, Lord, be with them, 

Wherever they may be, 
Though far from us who love them, 

Still let them be with thee. 



Hymns. 



201 



G 



1 1 1 O 26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76, 
J- J- .L /w 1 Xfie universal anthem. 

WHEN shall the voice of singing 
Flow joyfully along ? 
When hill and valley, ringing 
With one triumphant song, 
Proclaim the contest ended, 

And Him who once was slain, 
Again to earth descended, 
In righteousness to reign. 

2 Then from the craggy mountains 
The sacred shout shall fly ; 

And shady vales and fountains 

Shall echo the reply. 
High tower and lowly dwelling 

Shall send the chorus round, 
All hallelujahs swelling 

In one eternal sound ! 

1 1 1 Q 26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 

A No cause for fear. 

OD is my strong salvation ; 
What foe have I to fear ? 
In darkness and temptation, 
My light, my help, is near • 
Though hosts encamp around me, 

Firm in the light 1 stand ; 
What terror can confound me, 
With God at my right hand ? 

2 Place on the Lord reliance ; 
My soul, with courage wait ; 

His truth be thine affiance, 

When faint and desolate ; 
His might thy heart shall strengthen, 

His love thy joy increase ; 
Mercy thy days shall lengthen ; 

The Lord will give thee peace. 

1 1 1 J, 26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 

The glory of His kingdom. 

IT AIL, to the Lord's anointed, 
Great David's greater Son ! 
Hail, in the time appointed, 

His reign on earth begun ! 
He comes to break oppression, — 

To set the captive free ; 
To take away transgression, 

And rule in equity. 

2 He comes, with succour speedy 
To those who suffer wrong ; 

To help the poor and needy, 

And bid the weak be strong ; 
To give them songs for sighing, — 

Their darkness turn to light, — 
Whose souls, condemn' d and dying, 

Were precious in his sight. 

3 He shall descend like showers 
Upon the fruitful earth, 

And love, and joy, like flowers, 

Spring in his path to birth : 
Before him, on the mountains, 

Shall peace, the herald, go, 
And righteousness, in fountains, 

From hill to valley flow. 



4 To him shall prayer unceasing, 

And daily vows ascend ; 
His kingdom still increasing, — 

A kingdom without end : 
The tide of time shall never 

His covenant remove ; 
His name shall stand forever ; 

That name to us is Love. 

1 1 1 K 26th P. M. 76. 76, 76, 76. 
■*■■*--■-«<* Grateful praise. 

WE bring no glitt'ring treasures 
No gems from earth's deep mine ; 
We come, with simple measures, 

To chant thy love divine. 
Children, thy favours sharing, 

Their voice of thanks would raise ; 
Father, accept our offring, 
Our song of grateful praise. 

2 The dearest gift of Heaven, 
Love's written word of truth, 

To us is early given, 

To guide our steps in youth : 
We hear the wondrous story, 

The tale of Calvary ; 
We read of homes in glory, 

From sin and sorrow free. 

3 Eedeemer ! grant thy blessing ! 
O ! teach us how to pray. 

That each, thy fear possessing, 

May tread life's onward way ; 
Then where the pure are dwelling 

We hope to meet again, 
And sweeter numbers swelling, 

Forever praise thy Name. 

1116 26th P. M. 7s & 6s. 

The comforts, gifts, and graces of the Spirit. 

GOD of all consolation, 
The Holy Ghost thou art ; 
Thy secret inspiration 

Hath told it to my heart : 
The blessing I inherit, 

Through Jesus' prayer bestow'd, 
The Comforter, the Spirit, 
The true eternal God. 

2 With God the Son and Saviour, 
With God the Father one, 

The tokens of his favour 
Are now to man made known ; 

An antepast of heaven 
Thou dost in me reveal, 

Attest my sins forgiven, 
And my salvation seal. 

3 The' indubitable witness 
Of thy own Deity, 

Thou giv'st my soul its fitness 

Thy glorious face to see : 
Thy comforts, gifts, and graces 

My largest thoughts transcend, 
And challenge endless praises 

When faith in sight shall end. 



202 



Hymns. 



ill? 



24th P, M. 66, 66- 86, 
The guardianship of angels. 



TE simple souls that stray 
Far from the path of peace, 
That unfrequented way 
To life and happiness : 
How long will ye your folly love, 

And throng the downward road, 
And hate the wisdom from above, 
And mock the sons of God ? 

2 So wretched and obscure, 
The men whom ye despise, 

So foolish, weak, and poor,— 
Above your scorn we rife : 

Our conscience in the Holy Ghost, 
Can witness better things ; 

For He whose blood is all our boast, 
Hath made us priests and kings. 

3 Riches unsearchable 

In Jesus' love we know ; 
And pleasure from the well 

Of life our souls o'erflow : 
From him the Spirit we receive 

Of wisdom, grace, and power ; 
And always sorrowful we live, 

Rejoicing evermore. 

4 Angels our servants are, 
And keep in all our ways, 

And in their hands they bear 

The sacred sons of grace : 
Our guardians to that heavenly bliss, 

They all our steps attend ; 
And God himself our Father is, 

And Jesus is our friend. 



1118 



gist P. M. 84. 84, 



The Source of every good gift. 



OUR blest Redeemer, ere he breathed 
His last farewell, 
A Guide,— a Comforter, bequeathed, 
With us to dwell. 

2 He come, his graces to impart ; 

A willing guest, 
While he can find one humble heart 
Wherein to rest. 

3 And all the good that we possess 

His gift we own ; 
Yea, every thought of holiness 
And vict'ry won. 

4 Spirit of purity and grace, 

Our weakness see ; 
O make our hearts thy dwelling-place, 
And worthier thee. 



1119 



28th P. M. 10s, lis, & 12s 



The voice of triumph. 



LIFT your glad voices in triumph on high, 
For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not 
die; 

Vain were the terrors that gather' d around 
him, 

And short the dominion of death and the 
grave ; 



He burst from the fetters of darkness that 

bound him, 
Resplendent in glory, to live and to save : 
Loud was the chorus of angels on high, — 
The Saviour hath risen, and man shall not 

die. 

2 Glory to God, in full anthems of joy; 
The being he gave us death cannot destroy : 
Sad were the life we may part with to- 
morrow, 

If tears were our birthright, and death were 
our end ; 

But Jesus hath cheer' d the dark valley of 
sorrow, 

And bade us, immortal, to heaven ascend : 
Lift then your voices in triumph on higrh. 
For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die. 



2Q 26th P. M. 76 ; 76, 76, 76. 

Exulting in the favour of God. 

TO thee, our God and Saviour, 
Our hearts exulting spring, 
Rejoicing in thy favour, 

Thou everlasting King : 
We'll celebrate thy glory, 

With all the saints above, 
And tell the wondrous story 
Of thy redeeming love. 

2 Soon as the morn with roses 
Bedecks the dewy east, 

And when the sun reposes 

Upon the ocean's breast ; 
Our voice in supplication, 

Jehovah, thou shalt hear ; 
O grant us thy salvation, 

And be thou ever near. 

3 By thee through life supported, 
We pass the dang'rous road, 

By heavenly hosts escorted 

Up to their bright abode ; 
There cast our crowns before thee, 

Our toils and conflicts o'er, 
And day and night adore thee, 

Forever, evermore. 



40th P. M. 



1121 

The dying Christian to his soul. 

T7ITAii spark of heavenly flame, 
V C^uit, O quit this mortal frame. 
Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, 
O the pain, the bliss of dying ! 
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, 
And let me languish into life. 

2 Hark ! they whisper : angels say,— 
Sister spirit, come away ! 

What is this absorbs me quite, — 
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,— 
Drowns my spirit, draws my breath ? 
Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? 

3 The world recedes : it disappears : 
Heaven opens on my eyes ; my ears 
With sounds seraphic ring. 

Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly 1 
O grave, where is thy victory ? 
O death, where is thy sting ? 
O death, where is thy sting ? 



Hymns. 



203 



\\22> 29th p ' M * * lines 123 

Save, Lord, or we perish I 

WHEN through the torn sail the wild 
tempest is streaming, 
When o'er the dark wave the red lightning 

is gleaming, 
Nor hope lends a ray, the poor seaman to 
cherish, 

We fly to our Maker, — Save, Lord, or we 
perish J 

2 O Jesus, once rock'd on the breast of the 

billow, 

Aroused by the shriek of despair from thy 
pillow,— 

Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish, 
Who cries, in his anguish, — Save, Lord, o 
we perish ! 

3 And, O, when the whirlwind of passion is 

raging, 

When sin in our hearts its sad warfare i 
waging, 

Then send down thy grace, thy redeemed to 
cherish ; 

Rebuke the destroyer,— Save, Lord, or we 
perish ! 

1123 37th p * M * 66 ' 86 ' 8J 

Friends separated for a season. 

FRIEND after friend departs ; 
Who hath not lost a friend ? 
There is no union here of hearts 
That finds not here an end ; 
Were this frail world our only rest, 
Living or flying, none were blest, 

2 Beyond the flight of time, 
Beyond this vale of death, 

There surely is some blessed clime 
Where life is not a breath, 
Nor life's affection transient fire, 
Whose sparks fly upward to expire. 

3 There is a world above, 
Where parting is unknown ; 

A whole eternity of love, 
Form'd for the good alone : 
And faith beholds the dying here 
Translated to that happier sphere. 

4 Thus star by star declines, 
Till all are pass'd away, 

As morning high and higher shines, 
To pure and perfect day; 
Nor sink those stars in empty night, — 
They hide themselves in heaven's own light. 

32d P. M. 88±, 884, 
Tribute of gratitude. 

FATHER of spirits ! hear our prayer ; 
Our life, our hope, our comforter, 
Our strong abode : 
To thee our thankful hearts we raise, 
And humbly gladly, hymn thy praise, 
Preserver, God ! 

2 Thy gentle hand hath smooth'd our way ; 
Fed and sustain' d us day by day ; 

In thee we move : 
O may thy mefcies, Lord, inspire 
Our hearts with gratitude, and fir 

Our souls with love. 



1125 



30th P. M. 11 10, 11 10. 



The Star in the East. 



BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the 
morning, 

Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine 

aid ; 

Star of the East, the horizon adorning, 
Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid. 

2 Cold, on his cradle, the dew-drops are 
shining ; 

Low lies his bed with the beasts of the 
stall ; 

Angels adore him, in slumber reclining,— 
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour, of all. 

3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, 
Odours of Eden and ofT rings divine ? 

Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the 
ocean, 

Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the 
mine ? 

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation ; 
"Vainly with gifts would his favour secure ; 

Richer by far is the heart's adoration ; 
Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 

1126 mh P ' M ' 77 ' 75 * 

Have mercy on us. 

LORD of mercy and of might, 
Of mankind the life and light, 
Maker, Teacher, Infinite, — 
Jesus 1 hear and save. 

2 Strong Creator, Saviour mild, 
Humbled to a little child, 
Captive, beaten, bound, reviled,— 

Jesus ! hear and save. 

3 Borne aloft on angels' wings, 
Throned above celestial things, 
Lord of lords, and King of kings- 
Jesus ! hear and save. 

4 Soon to come to earth again, 
Judge of angels and of men, 
Hear us now, and hear us then,— 

Jesus ! hear and save. 

35th p - M 87 • 87 ' 77 - 

The healing Fountain. 

COME to Calvary's holy mountain, 
Sinners ruin'd by the fall ; 
Here a pure and healing fountain 

Flows for every thirsty soul, 
In a full, perpetual tide, 
Open'd when the Saviour died. 

2 Come, in sorrow and contrition, 
Wounded, impotent, and blind ; 

Here the guilty, free remission, 

Here the lost, a refuge, find. 
Health^this fountain will restore ; 
He that drinks need thirst no more. 

3 Come, ye dying, live forever ; 
'Tis a soul-reviving flood ; 

God is faithful ; he will never 

Break his cov'nant seal'd in blood ; 
Sign'd when our Redeemer died ; 
By the Spirit ratified. 



204 



Hymns. 



1128 



33d P. M lines f 



The death of martyrs. 



FLUNG to the heedless winds, 
Or on the waters cast, 
The martyrs' ashes, watch'd, 
Shall gather' d be at last ; 

And from that seatter'd dust, 

Around us and abroad, 
Shall spring a plenteous seed 

Of witnesses for God. 

2 The Father hath received 

Their latest living breath ; 
And vain is Satan's boa^t 

Of vict'ry in their death : 

Still, still, though dead, they speak, 
And, trumpet-tongued, proclaim, 

To' many a wak'ning land, 
The one availing Name. 

1129 30th P. M. 11 10, 11 10 

Earth hath no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. 

COME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye lan 
guish ; 

Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel ; 
Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell 

your anguish ; 
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot 

heal. 

2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, 
Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure,— 

Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly say- 
ing,— 

Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot 
cure. 

3 Here see the bread of life ; see waters 

flowing 

Forth from the throne of God, pure from 
above ; 

Come to the feast of love ; come, ever 
knowing- 
Earth has no sorrow but Heaven can 
remove. 



1130 



27th P. M. 4 lines lis 



I would not live alway. 



I WOULD not live alway ; I ask not to stay 
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er 
the way ; 

The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here 
Are enough for life's joys, full enough for its 
cheer. 

2 I would not live alway; no— welcome the 

tomb ! 

Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its 
gloom : 

There sweet be my rest till he bid me arise, 
To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 

3 Who, who would live alway, away from his 

God— , 

Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
Where rivers of pleasure flow bright o'er the 
plains, 

And the noontide of glory eternally reigns 



4 There saints of all ages in harmony meet, 
Their Saviour and brethren transported to 
greet ; 

While anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, 
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the 
soul. 



1131 



29th P. M. i lines 12s. 



The voice of free grace. 



THE voice of free grace cries,— Escape to 
the mountain ; 
For Adam's lost race Christ hath open'd a 
fountain ; 

For sin and uncleanaess, and every trans- 
gression, 

His blood flows most freely, in streams of 
salvation. 

Hallelujah to the Lamb, who has purchased 

our pardon : 
We will praise him again when we pass 

over Jordan. 

2 Now glory to God in the highest is given ; 
Now glory to God is re-echoed in heaven ; 
Around the whole earth let us tell the glad 

story, 

And sing of his love, his salvation and glory. 
Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 

3 O Jesus, ride on,— thy kingdom is glorious; 
O'er sin, death, and hell, thou wilt make us 

victorious : 

Thy name shall be praised in the great con- 
gregation, 

And saints shall ascribe unto thee their 
salvation. 
Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 

4 When on Zion we stand, having gain'd the 

blest shore, 
With our harps in our hands, we will praise 
evermore : 

We'll range the blest fields on the banks of 
the river, 

And sing of redemption forever and ever. 
Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 

1133 33d P. M. 66, 66. 

Christ, the first-fruits. 
ING praise 1 the tomb is void 
"Where the Redeemer lay ; 
Sing of our bonds destroy'd, 
Our darkness turn'd to day. 



S 1 



2 Weep for your dead no more ; 
Friends, be of joyful cheer ; 

Our Star moves on before, 
Our narrow path shines clear. 

3 He who, so patiently, 

The crown of thorns did wear,- 
He hath gone up on high ; 
Our hope is with him there. 

4 Now is his truth reveal'd, 
His majesty, and might ; 

The grave has been unseal' d ; 
Christ is our life and light. 

5 He who for men did weep ; 
Suffer, and bleed, and die,— 

First-fruits of them that sleep, — 
Christ has gone up on high. 

6 His vict'ry hath destroy'd 

The shafts that once could slay : 
Sing praise ! the tomb is void 
Where the Redeemer lay. 



Doxologies. 205 



1133 LM 

DRAISE God from whom all blessings flow ; 
* Praise him, all creatures here below ; 
Praise him above, ye heavenly host ; 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

1134 m 

TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
*■ Who sweetly all agree 
To save a world of sinners lost, 
Eternal glory be. 

1135 CM. Double. 
THE God of mercy be adored, 

1 Who calls our souls from death, 
Who saves by his redeeming word, 

And new-creating breath ; 
To praise the Father and the Son, 

And Spirit all divine, — 
The One in Three, and Three in One,— 

Let saints and angels join. 

1136 SM 

TO God, the Father, Son, 

And Spirit, One in Three, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 
And shall forever be. 

1137 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
TMMORTAL honour, endless fame, 

- 1 - Attend the 1 almighty Father's Name : 

The Saviour Son be glorified, 

Who for lost man's redemption died ; 

And equal adoration be, 

Eternal Comforter, to thee ! 

H38 2d P. M. 8 lines 8s, 

^OW to the great and sacred Three, 
^ The Father, Son, and Spirit, be 

Eternal praise and glory given, 
Through all the worlds where God is known, 
By all the angels near the throne, 

And all the saints in earth and heaven. 

1139 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
TO God the Father's throne 

1 Perpetual honours raise ; 
Glory to God the Son, 

And to the Spirit praise : 
With all our powers, Eternal King, 
Thy everlasting praise we sing. 

1140 4th P. M. 886, 886 
TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

x The God whom heaven's triumphant host, 

And saints on earth adore ; 
Be glory as in ages past, 
And now it is, and so shall last 

When time shall be no more. 

1141 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. 
CING we to our God above, 

^ Praise eternal as his love ; 
Praise him, all ye heavenly host, — 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

1 1 4 2 6th P.M. 6 lines 7s. 
pRAISE the Name of God most high; 

1 Praise him all below the sky ; 
Praise him, all ye heavenly host — 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost : 
As through countless ages past, 
Evermore his praise shall last. 



1143 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47. 

n REAT Jehovah ! we adore thee,— 
u God the Father, God the Son, 
God the Spirit, join'd in glory 
On the same eternal throne : 
Endless praises 
| Tc d shovah, Three in One. 

1144 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87 , 87. 
pRAISE the God of our salvation ; 

1 Praise the Father's boundless love ; 
Praise the Lamb, our expiation ; 

Praise the Spirit from above, — 
Author of our new creation, — 

Him by whom our spirits live ; 
Undivided adoration 

To the one Jehovah give. 

114:5 10th P. M. 4 lines 8s. 

A LL praise to the Father, the Son, 
And Spirit, thrice holy and blest, 
The' eternal, supreme Three in One, 
Was, is, and shall be still address' d. 

1146 12th p - M - < 6 > < 6 - < 8 > < 6 - 

■pATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
A Thy Godhead we adore, — 
Join with the celestial host, 

Who praise thee evermore! 
Live by earth and heaven adored, 

The Three in One, the One in Three, 
Holy, holy, holy Lord, 

All glory be to thee ! 
1 1 4 H nth P. M. 4 lines 10s. 

TO Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest, 

Eternal praise and worship be address' d ; 
From age to age, ye saints, his Name adore, 
And spread his fame, till time shall be no more. 

,114:8 19th P. M. 664, 664. 

TO God— the Father, Son, 
And Spirit — Three in One — 

All praise be given : 
Crown him, in every song ; 
To him your hearts belong* 
Let all his praise prolong ; 

On earth — in heaven. 

1 1 49 25th P- M. 77, 87, 77, 87- 
r rO Father, Son, and Spirit, 

Ascribe Ave equal glory ; 
One Deity, in Persons Three, 

Let all thy works adore thee 
As was from the beginning, 

Glory to God be given, 
By all who know thy Name below, 

And all thy hosts in heaven. 

1150 2 6th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76, 

TO thee be praise forever, 

Thou glorious King of kings ; 
Thy wondrous love and favour 

Each ransom' d spirit sings : 
We'll celebrate thy glory, 

With all thy saints above, 
And shout the joyful story 

Of thy redeeming love. 

1151 13th » 14th > and 27tb F - M " 

FATHER Almighty, to thee be address'd, 
With Christ and the Spirit, one God, ever 
blest, 

All glory and worship, from earth and from 
heaven, 

As was, and is now, and shall ever be given. 



206 Hymns. 



L 1 5 3 Borne of the Soul. 

I WILL sing you a song of that beautiful land, 
The far away home of the soul, 
Where no storms ever beat on the glittering 
While the years of eternity roll. [strand, 

9 O, that home of the soul in my visions and 
Its bright jasper walls I can see, [dreams, 

Till I fancy but thinly the vale intervenes 
Between the fair city and me. 

3 There the great trees of life in their beauty 
And the river of life floweth by, [do grow. 

For no death ever enters that city you know, 
And nothing that maketh a lie 

4 That unchangeable home is for you and for 
Where Jesus of Nazareth stands ; [me, 

The King of all kingdoms forever is he, 
And he holdeth our crowns in his hands. 

5 O how sweet it will be in that beautiful land, 
So free from all sorrow and pain ! [hands, 

With songs on onr lips and with harps in our 
To meet one another again. 

-J^ pj g The Lord Will Provide. 

"Casting all your care upon Him, for 
He careth for you." 

IN some way or other the Lord will provide: 
It may not be my way. 
It may not be thy way; 
And yet, in His own way, 
" The Lord will provide. " 

Then, we'll trust in the Lord, 

And He will provide ; 
Yes, we'll trust in the Lord, 

And He will provide. 

2 At some time or other the Lord will provide : 

It may not be my time. 
It may not be thy time ; 
And yet, in His own time, 
" The Lord will provide." 

3 Despond then no longer, the Lord will pro- 

And this be the token — [vide: 
No word He hath spoken 
Was ever yet broken 
"The Lord will provide." 

4 March on then, right boldly, the sea shall di- 

The pathway made glorious, [vide: 
With shoutings victorious, 
We'll join in the chorus, 
41 The Lord will provide." 

1154: Thine the Glory. Key of G.j 

" Sing forth the honor of His name.'* | 

WE praise Thee, O God! for the Son of 
VY Thy love, 

For Jesus who died, and is now gone above. 

Hallelujah ! Thine the glory. 
Hallelujah ! Amen. 
Hallelujah ! Thine the glory, 
Revive us again. 

2 All glory and praise to the Lamb that was 
slain, 

Who has borne all our sins, and has cleansed 
every stain. 



I 



3 Revive us again, fill each heart with Thy 
love ; 

May each soul be rekindled with fire from 
above. 

1155 Come to Zion's Gate. 

" Tarn, turn ye, for why will ye die ! " 

PILGRIM, burden' d with thy sin, 
Come the way to Zion's gate ; 
There, till Mercy let thee in, 
Knock and weep, and watch and wait. 

Knock — He knows the sinner's cry ; 

Weep— He loves the mourner's tears; 
Watch— for saving grace is nigh ; 

Wait— till heavenly light appears. 

2 Hark ! it is the Bridegroom's voice : 
Welcome, pilgrim, to thy rest; 

Now within the srate rejoice. 
Safe and sealed, and bought and blest. 

Safe— from all the lures of vice, 
Sealed— by signs the chosen know, 

Bought— by love and life the price, 
Blest— the mighty debt to owe. 

1150 Ta ^ e ^ t° ^ e Lord in Prayer 

" There is a Friend that sticketh closer 
than a brother." 

WHAT a friend we have in Jesus, 
All our sins and griefs to bear ; 
What a privilege to carry 

Ev'ry thing to God in prayer ! 
Oh. what peace we often forfeit, 

Oh, what needless pains we bear, — 
All because we do not carry 
Ev'ry thing to God in prayer I 

2 Have we trials and temptations ? 
Is there trouble anywhere ? 

We should never be discouraged- 
Take it to the Lord in prayer. 
Can we find a friend so faithful, 

Who will all our sorrows share ? 
Jesus knows our every weakness- 
Take it to the Lord in prayer. 

3 Are we weak and heavy laden, 
Cumbered with a load of care ? 

Precious Saviour, still our refuge- 
Take it to the Lord in prayer. 
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? 

Take it to the Lord in prayer : 
In His arms He'll take and shield thee 
Thou wilt find a solace there. 



115^ Crossing the Sea. 

"Sing unto the Lord, for He hath 
triumphed gloriously." 

OW from oppression Jacob's sons 
Go forth, a mighty throng ; 
They march with Moses at their head, 
Six hundred thousand strong. 

We are marching onward at the King's com- 
mand, 

Onward, onward to the promised land ! 
We shall cross the river, as they cross' d the 
sea, 

To a home in glory that from sin is free. 



Hymns. 



207 



2 How like a wall on either side, 
The parted waters stand ; 

Forward they press with fearless hearts, 
And march on solid land. 

3 Glory to God 1 all Israel cries, 
The deep is safely crossed ; 

In rnsh their foes — the waves return, 
And Pharoah's hosts are lost. 

J^gg He Saved Me. 

" He is able to save to the uttermost all 
that come unto Him." 

I WAS once far away from the Saviour, 
And His face was not smiling on me ; 

1 wondered it Christ, the jRedeemer, 
Would save a poor sinner like me. 

2 I was long in that sad night of darkness, 
Not a bright ray of light could I see ; 

This thought filled my poor heart with sadness 
No hope for a sinner like me. 

3 But there in that dark lonely hour, 
Came a voice sweetly whispering to me, 

Saying Christ, the Redeemer, hath power 
To save a poor sinner like me. 

4 I listened, and lo ! 'twas the Saviour, 
Then speaking so kindly to me ; 

And now unto others I'm telling, 
How He saved a poor sinner like me. 

5 I then fully trustecfrin Jesus, 
And oh, what a joy came to me ; 

My heart it was filled with His praises," 
For saving a sinner like me. 

6 And when this life's journey is over, 
And I the dear Saviour shall see ; 

I'll praise Him forever and ever, 
For saving a sinner like me. 

1159 The Voice °f Rest ' 

"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and 
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' 

I HEARD the voice ot Jesus say, 
Come unto me, and rest ; 
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down 

Thy head upon My breast. 
I came to Jesus as I was, 
Weary and worn and sad ; 

1 found in Him a resting place, 
And He has made me glad. 

2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, 
Behold, I freely give 

The living water ; thirsty one 
Stoop down, and drink, and live ! 

I came to Jesus, and I drank 
Of that life-giving stream ; 

My thirst was quenched, my soul revived 
And now I live in Him. 

3 I heard the voice of Jesus say 
I am this dark world's light ; 

Look unto Me. thy morn shall rise, 

And all thy day be bright. 
J looked to Jesus, and I found 

In Him my radiant Sun ; 
So in the Light of light I live, 

And glory is begun. 



1160 God Be With You ' 

" The Lord watch between us." 

GOD be with you till we meet again ; 
By his counsels guide, uphold you, 
With his sheep securely fold you, 
God be with you till we meet again. 

Till we meet, till we meet, 

Till we meet at Jesus' feet ; 

Till we meet, till we meet, 

God be with you till we meet again. 

2 God be with you till we meet again, 
'Neath his wings securely hide you; 
Daily manna still divide yon, 

God De with you till we meet again. 

3 God be with you till we meet again, 
When life's perils thick confound you ; 
Put His arms unfailing round you, 

God be with you till we meet again. 

4 God be with you till we meet again, 
Keep love's banner floating o'er you ; 
Smite death's threatening wave before you, 

God be with you till we meet again. 



1161 The Lily of the Valley. • 

I'VE found a friend in Jesus, he's every, 
thing to me, 
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul; 
The Lily of the Valley in Him alone I see. 
All I need to cleanse and make me fully 
whole. 

In sorrow He's my comfort, in trouble He's 
my stay, 

He tells me every care on Him to roll. 
He's the Lily of the Valley, the bright and 
morning Star, 
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul. 

2 He all my griefs has taken, and all my sor- 
row borne : 

In temptation He's my strong and mighty 
tow'r ; 

I've all for Him forsaken, I've all my idols 
torn 

From my heart, and now He keeps me by 
His pow'r. 

Tho' all the world forsake me, and Satan 
tempts me sore, 
Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal. 
He's the Lily of the Valley, the bright and 
morning Star, 
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul. 

3 He'll never, never leave me, nor yet for- 
sake me here, 

While I live by faith and do His blessed 
will; 

A wall of fire about me, I've nothing now to 
fear ; 

With His manna He my hungry soul shall 
fill; 

Then sweeping up to glory we see his blessed 
face. 

Where rivers of delight shall ever roll. 
He's the Lily of the Valley, the bright and 
morning Star, 
He's the fairest of ten thousand to my soul. 



208 



Hymns. 



1 10^ ^ ne Sweetl V Solemn Thought. 

"No-w they desire a better country 
that is, an heavenly."— Heb. ii : 16. 

ONE sweetly solemn thought 
Comes to me o'er and o'er ; 
I'm nearer nome to-day, to-day. 
Than I have been before. 

Nearer my home, 

Nearer my home, 

Nearer my home to-day. to-day, 

Than I have been belore. 

2 Nearer my Father's house, 
Where many mansions be ; 

Nearer the great white throne to-day, 
.Nearer the crystal sea. 

3 Nearer the bound of ,ife, 
Where burdens are laid down ; 

Nearer to leave the cross to-day, 
And nearer to the crown. 

4 Be near me when my feet 
Are slipping o'er the brink ; 

For I am nearer home to-day, 
Perhaps, than now I think. 



1 1(3 3 "^ a * are You Going to jJo, Brother ?" 

Dedicated to the Young Men's Nationa 1 
Christian Association. 

OWHAT are you going to do, brother? 
Say, what are you going to do ? 
You have thought of some useful labor, 

But what is the end in view t 
You are fresh from the ^ome of your boyhood. 

And just in the bloom of youth ! 
Have you tasted the sparkling water, 
That flows from the fount of truth ? 

Is your heart in the Saviour's keeping ? 

Remember He died for you ! 
Then what are you going to do, crother ? 

Say, what are you going to do ? 

2 Will you honor His cause and kingdom, 
Wherever your path may be ? 

And stand as a bright example. 
That others your light may see ? 

Are you willing to live for Jesus? 
And ready the cross to bear ? 

Are you willing to meet reproaches? 
The frowns of the world to share ? 

Your lot may perhaps be tumble, 

But God has a work for you ; 
Then what are you going to do, brother ? 

Say, what are you going to do ? 

3 O what are you going to «io, brother ? 
The morning of j outh is past ; 

The vigor and strength of manhood, 

By brother, are yours at last. 
You are rising in worldly prospects, 

And prospered in worldly things ; — 
A duty to those less favored 

The smile of your fortune brings. 

Go, prove that pour heart is grateful— 
The Lord has a work for you ; 

Then what are you going to do, brother? 
Say, what are you going to do ? 



4 O what are you goine to do, brother ? 
Your sun at its noon is high ; 

It shines in meridian splendor, 
And rides through a cloudless sky. 

You are holding a high position 
Of honor, of trust, and fame ; — 

Are you willing to give the glory 
And praise to your Saviour's name ? 

The regions that sit in darkness 
Are st-etching their hands to you ; 

Then what are you going to do, brother ? 
Say, what are you going to do ? 

5 what are yon going to do, brother ! 
The twilight approaches no *- ;— 

Already your locks are silvered, 
And winter is on your brow. 

Your talents, your time, your riches, 
To Jesus, your Master, give ; 

Then ask if the world around you 
Is better oecause you live. 

You are nearing the brink of Jordan, 
But still there is work for you ; 

Then what are you going to do, brother ? 
Say, what are you going to do ? 



1 104 1 am Swee P in Q Through the Gate 

"The gates of it shall not be shut at all 
by day ; for there shall be no night there. ' 

I AM now a child of Sod, 
For I'm wash'd in Jesus' blood. 
I am watching, and I'm longing while I 
wait ; 

Soon on wings of love to fly 
To my home beyond the sky. 
To my welcome, as I'm sweeping through the 
gate. 

In the blood of yonder Lamb, 
Wash'd of every stain I am ; 
Robed in whiteness, clad in brightness, 
I am sweeping through the gate. 

2 O, the blessed Lord of light, 

I have ioved Him with my might ; 
Now His arms enfold and comfort while I 
wait , 

I am leaning on His jreast, 
O, the sweetness of His rest, 
And I'm thinking of my sweeping through 
the gate. 

3 I am sweeping through the gate 
Where the blessed for me wait, 

Where the weary workers rest for evermore; 
Where the strife of earth is done, 
And the crown of life is won : 

Oh, I'm thinking of the city while I soar. 

4 Burst are all my prison bars : 
And I soar beyond the stars. 

To my Father's house, the bright and blest 
estate. 

Lo ! the morn eternal breaks, 
And the song immortal wakes ! 
Robed in whiteness, I am sweeping through 
the gate. 



Hymns. 



209 



1105 Sweet Hour of Prayer. 

"Evening, and morning, and at noon 
will I pray."— Psalm iv : 17. 

SWEET hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer 
That calls me from a world of care 
And bids me at my Father's throne 
Make all my wants and wishes known : 
In seasons of distress and grief, 
My soul has often found relief; 
And oft escapes the tempter's snare, 
By thy return sweet hour of prayer. 

2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 
Thy wings shall my petition bear 

To Him whose truth and faithfulness 

Engage the waiting soul to bless. 

And since He bids me seek His face, 

Believe His word, and trust His grace, 

I'll cast on Him my every care 

And wait for thee sweet hour of prayer ! 

3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 
May I thy consolation share, 

Till, from Mount Pisgah's lofty height, 
I view my home and take my flight : 
This robe of flesh I'll drop, and rise 
To seize the everlasting prize ; 
And shout, while passing through the air. 
Farewell, farewell, sweet hour of prayer ! 



1166 Palms of Victory 7s & 6s 

"And palms in their hands."— Rev. vii: 9. 

I SAW a way-worn traveler, 
In tattered garments clad, 
A struggling up a mountain ; 

It seemed that he was sad. 
His back was burdened heavy, 

His strength was almost gone, 
But he shouted as he journed . 
41 Deliverance will come I 

Then palms of victory, crowns of glory, 
Palms of victory we shall bear. 

Yes, palms of victory, crowns of glory, 
Palms of victory we shall bear. 

2 The summer sun was beaming, 
The sweat was on his brow ; 

His raiment was all dusty. 

And his step was very slow. 
Still he kept pressing forward, 

For he was wending home. 
And he shouted as he journeyed, 

44 Deliverance will come ! " 

3 The songsters in the arbors, 
That grew beside the way, 

Attracted his attention, 

Inviting his delay. 
His watchword being ** Onward! " 

He stopped his ears and ran, 
Still shouting as he journeyed, 

44 Deliverance will come I " 

4 I saw him in the evening, 
When the sun was bending low, 

He overtopped the mountain, 

And reached the vale below. 
His Elder Brother met him— 

His journey it was done — 
And he shouted, as it ended, 

41 Deliverance will come ! " 



5 His eyes were dim and heavy, 
His body weak and wan, 

Therefore his Brother gave him 

A couch to lie upon ; 
And closed the blinds around him, 

And locked him up alone, 
That nothing might disturb him, 

Till deliverance should come. 

6 Hope made for him a pillow, 
And Faith a garment rare, 

To wrap him in his slumbers, 
Till Christ his home prepare. 

But when the dawn of morning 
Broke in his little room, 

He rose, and cried 44 Hosanna ! 
Deliverance has come ! " 

7 Then I heard the song of triumph 
He sung upon that shore, 

Saying, " Jesus has redeemed me, 

To suffer never more ; " 
And casting his eyes backward 

On the race that he had run, 
He shouted loud, 4 4 Hosanna 1 

Deliverance has come 1 " 

1 1 6 T C^"m6z'ttgr up Zion's Hill, 

"They shall mount up with wings as 
eagles, and they shall walk and not faint." 

" T'M trying to climb up Zion's Hill," 

JL For the Saviour whispers 4k Love me ; " 
Though all beneath is dark as death, 

Yet the stars are bright above me. 
Then upward still to Zion's Hill, 

To the land of joy and beauty, 
My path before shines more and more, 

As it nears the golden city. 

I'm climbing np Zion's Hill, 
I'm climbing up Zion's Hill, 
Climbing, climbing, climbling up Zion's Hill. 

2 I know I'm but a little child, 

My strength will not protect me ; 
But then I am the Saviour's lamb, 

And he will not neglect me. 
Then all the time I'll try to climb 

This holy hill of Zion, 
For I am sure the way is pure, 

And on it comes "no lion." 

8 Then come with me, we'll upward go, 

And climb this hill together ; 
And as we walk, we'll sweetly talk, 

And sing as we go thither. 
Then mount up still God's holy hill, 

Till we reach the pearly portals, 
Where raptured tongues proclaim the songs 

Of the shining-robed immortals. 

1168 1 Love to Tel1 the story ' 

The Old, Old Story. 7s & 6s. 

I will speak of Thy wondrous works.— Psalm cxlv.- 5 

T LOVE to tell the story 
JL Of unseen things above ; 
Of Jesus and His glory, 

Of Jesus and His love ; 
I love to tell the story, 

Because I know 'tis true ; 
It satisfies my longings. 

As nothing else would do» 



210 



Hymns. 



I love to tell the story ; 
9 Twill be my theme in glory, 
To tell the old, old story 
Of Jesus and His love. 

2 I love to tell the story ; 
More wonderful it seems 

Than all the golden fancies 
Of all our golden dreams. 

I love to tell the story, 
It did so much for me 1 

And that is just the reason 
I tell it now to thee. 

3 I love to tell the story ; 
'Tis pleasant to repeat 

What seems, each time I tell it, 

More wonderfully sweet. 
I love to tell the story, 

For some have never heard 
The message of salvation, 

From God's own holy word. 

4 I love to tell the story ; 
For those who know it best 

Seem hungering and thirsting 

To hear it like the rest. 
And when, in scenes of glory, 

I sing the new, new song, 
'Twill be the old, old story 

That I have loved so long. 



-j^ 1/ Let All the Angels of God Worship 
Him— Heb. i : 6. 7s & 6s. 

LET all the angels worship, 
Let all the saints adore 
The Father's sole begotten, 
Who lives to die no more : 
No tongue His glory telleth, 

No eye His power can see ; 
In Him the godhead dwelleth, 
In fullest majesty. 

While all heaven's hosts adore Thee, 
Thou Brightness of God's glory ; 
We too would bow before Thee, 
Our Saviour, God, and King. 



1169 Battle Hymn of the Republic. 

MINE eyes have seen the glory of the com- 
ing of the Lord ; 
He is tramping out the vintage where the 

grapes of wrath are stored ; 
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His 
terrible quick sword : 
His truth is marching on. 

Glory, glory, hallelujah ! 
Glory, glory, hallelujah ! 
Glory, glory, hallelujah ! 
His truth is marching on. 

2 I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a 
hundred circling camps ; 

They have builded Him an altar in the even- 
ing dews and damps ; 

I have read His righteous sentence by the 
dim and flaring lamps ; 
Sis day is marching on. 



3 I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished 

rows of steel, 

"As ye deal with my contemners, so with 
you my grace shall deal;" 

Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the ser- 
pent with his heel, 
Since God is marching on. 

4 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall 

never call retreat ; 
He is sifting out the hearts of men before 

His judgment-seat : 
O, be swift, my soul, to answer Him 1 be 

jubilant, my feet : 

Our God is marching on. 

5 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born 

across the sea, 
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures 

you and me ; 
As He died to make men holy, let us die to 

make men free, 
While God is marching on. 



11^0 My Mother ' s Bible - 
Quartett. 

'PHIS book is all that's left me now 1 — 
t Tears will, unbidden, start— 
With faltering heart, and throbbing brow, 

I press it to my heart. 
For many generations past, 

Here is our family tree ; 
My mother's hands this Bible clasped ; 

She, dying, gave it me. 

2 Ah ! well do I remember those 
Whose names these records bear; 

Who round the hearthstone used to close 

After the evening prayer : 
And speak of what these pages said, 

In tones my heart would thrill ! 
Though they are with the silent dead, 

Here are they living still. 

3 My father read this holy book 
To brothers, sisters dear ; 

How calm was my poor mother's look, 
Who learned God's word to hear. 

Her angel face,— I see it yet ! 
What thronging mem'ries come ! 

Again that little group is met 
Within the halls of home. 

4 Thou truest friend man ever knew, 
Thy constancy I've tried ; 

Where all were false I found thee true, 

My counsellor and guide. 
The mines of earth no treasures give 

That could this volume buy ; 
In teaching me the way to live, 

It taught me how to die. 



1171 



Guide. 



HOLY Spirit, faithful Guide, 
Ever near the Christian's side, 
Gently lead us by the hand, 
Pilgrims in a foreign land. 
Weary souls, fore'er rejoice, 
While they hear that sweetest voice, 
Whisp'ring softly, wanderer, come I 
Follow Me, I'll guide thee home. 



Hymns. 



211 



7 Ever present, truest friend, 
Ever near, Thine aid to lend ; 
Leave us not to doubt and fear, 
Groping on in darkness drear. 
When the storms «**e raging sore, 
Hearts grow faint, and hopes give o'er, 
Whisper softly, wanderer, come 1 
Follow Me, I'll guide thee home. 

3 Wnen our days of toil shall cease, 
Waiting still tor sweet release ; 
Nothing left but heaven and prayer, 
Wond'ring if our names are there ; 
Wading deep the dismal flood, 
Pleading nought but Jesus' blood ; 
Whisper softly, wanderer, come 1 
Follow Me, I'll guide thee home. 

1173 Dalston. S. P. M. 

HOW pleased and blest was I, 
To hear the people cry, 
" Come, let us seek our God to-day ! " 
Yes, with a cheerful zeal, 
We haste to Zion's hill, 
And there our vows and honors pay. 



1 1 7 3 Unity. 6s and 5s. 

Peculiar. 

WHEN shall we meet again ? 
Meet ne'er to sever ? 
When will peace wreathe her chain 

Round us forever ? 
Our hearts will ne'er repose 
Safe from each blast that blows 
In this dark vale of woes, 
Never, no, never. 

2 When shall love freely flow, 
Pure as life's river? 

When shall sweet friendship glow, 

Changeless forever ? 
Where joys celestial thrill, 
Where bliss each heart shall All, 
And fears of parting chill 

Never, no, never I 

3 Up to that world of light 
Take us, dear Saviour ; 

May we all there unite, 

Happy forever ? 
Where kindred spirits dwell, 
There may our music swell, 
And time our joys dispel 

Never, no, never 1 

4 Soon shall we meet again, 
Meet ne'er to sever ; 

Soon will peace wreathe her chain 

Round us forever . 
Our hearts will then repose 
Secure from worldly woes ; 
Our songs of praise shall close 

Never, no, never I 



1174: Milwaukee, 9th P. M. 

SAVIOUR, breathe an evening blessing. 
Ere repose our spirits seal ; 
Sin and want we come confessing ; 
Thou canst save, and Thou canst heal. 



2 Though destruction walk around us, 
Though the arrows past us fly, 

Angel guards from Thee surround us ; 
We are safe if Thou art nigh. 

3 Though the night be dark and dreary, 
Darkness cannot hide from Thee ; 

Thou art He who, never weary, 
Watchest where Thy people be. 

4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us, 
And command us to the tomb, 

May the morn in heaven awake ue, 
Clad in bright, eternal bloom. 



1175 Life's HarveH. 26th P. M. 

HE ! reapers of Life's harvest, 
Why stand with rusted blade, 
Until the night draws round thee, 

And day begins to fade ? 
Why stand ye idle, waiting 

For reapers more to come ? 
The golden morn is passing, 
Why sit ye idle, dumb ? 

2 Thrust in your sharpened sickle. 
And gather in the grain ; 

The night is fast approaching, 

And soon will come again. 
Thy Master calls for reapers, 

And shall He call in vain ? 
Shall sheaves there lie ungathered, 

And waste upon the plain ? 

3 Come down from hill and mountain, 
In morning's ruddy glow, 

Nor wait until the dial 

Points to the noon below ; 
And come with the strong sinew, 

Nor faint in heat or cold ; 
And pause not till the evening 

Draws round its wealth of gold. 

4 Mount up the heights of wisdom, 
And crush each error low ; 

Keep back no words of knowledge 
That human hearts should know 

Be faithful to thy mission, 
In service of thy Lord ; 

And then a golden chaplet 
Shall be thy just reward. 



1176 " Watchman > tel1 us °f the Night." 
Solo and Chorus. 

WATCHMAN, tell us of the night, 
What its signs of promise are. 
Trav'ler, o'er yon mountain's height, 

See the glory-beaming star ! 
Watchman, does its beauteous ray 

Aught of hope or joy foretell ? 
Trav'ler, yes ; it brings the day- 
Promised day of Israel 1 

2 Watchman, tell us of the night, 

Higher yet that star ascends. 
Trav'ler, blessedness and light, 

Peace and truth its course portends ! 
Watchman, will its beams alone 

Gild the spot that gave them birth ? 
Trav'ler, ages are its own ; 

See, it bursts o'er all the earth ! 



212 



Hymns. 



3 Watchman, tell us of the night, 

For the morning seems to dawn. 
Trav'ler, darkness takes its flight, 

Doubt and terror are withdrawn ! 
Watchman, let thy waDdering cease ; 

Hie thee to thy quiet home. 
Trav'ler, lo ! the Prince of Peace— 

Lo ! the Son of God is come 1 



11 7 7 Tfie 0r v han ' 8 Pra v er - 

Quartett. 

I LOVE to stay where my mother sleeps, 
And gaze on each star as it twinkling peeps. 
Through that bending willow which lonely 
weeps. 
O'er my mother's grave, 
O'er my mother's grave ; 
Through that bending willow 
O'er my mother's grave. 

2 I love to kneel on the green turf there, 
Afar from the scene of my daily care, 

And breathe to my Saviour my evening 
prayer. 
O'er my mother's grave ; 
Through that bending willow 
O'er my mother's grave. 

3 I still remember how oft she led, 

And knelt by her, as with God she plead, 
That I might be His when the clod was 
spread. 
O'er my mother's grave ; 
Through that bending willow 
O'er my mother's grave. 

4 I love to think how 'neath the ground, 
She slumbers in death as a captive bound, 
She'll slumber no more when the trump shall 

sound. 
O'er my mother's grave ; 
Through that bending willow 
O'er my mother's grave 



1178 Langdon, 8s, 7s and 6s. 

ATCHMEN, onward to your station, 
Blow the trumpet long and loud : 
Preach the gospel to the nations, 

Speak to every gath'ring crowd ; 
See ! the day is breaking, 
See the saints awaking, 
No more in sadness bow'd. 

2 Watchmen, hail the rising glory 
Of the great Messiah's reign, 

Tell the Saviour's bleeding story, 

Tell it to the listening train : 
See His love revealing ; 
See the Spirit sealing ; 

'Tis life among the slain 1 

3 Watchmen, as the clouds are flying, 
As the doves in haste return, 

Thousands from amid the dying, 
Flee to Christ His love to learn ; 

All their sighs and sadness, 

Turn to joy and gladness, 
When they His grace discern. 



1179 ^ Christian Grace— Hope. 

MOURNER ! why this fruitless sorrow? 
Let me soothe thee with my lay ; 
Darkest night hath brightest morrow, 

So shall sadness pass away ; 
Heavy is thy heart with anguish, 

Sorely are thy thoughts oppressed ! 
Mourner! wherefore dost thou languish? 
I am here, I am here to give thee rest. 

2 My blest mission is from heaven, 
Thither let thy thoughts ascend 1 

Free thy heart from earthly leaven. 
Thou shalt know Me as thy friend 

Be thy prayers and adorations 
Made unto that bright abode ; 

I will lead thy aspirations, 

1 am here, I am here to point to God. 

1 1 § O Eockvale. 7s and 5s. 

ONWARD speed thy conq'ring flight ; 
Angel, onward speed ; 
Cast abroad thy radiant light, 

Bid the shades recede ; 
Tread the idols in the dust, 

Heathen-fanes destroy, 
Spread the gospel's holy trust, 
Spread the gospel's joy. 

2 Onward speed thy conq'ring flight; 
Angel, onward haste : 

Quickly on each mountain height 

Be thy standard placed ; 
Let the blissful tidings float 

Far o'er vale and hill, 
Till the sweetly echoing note 

Every bosom thrill. 

3 Onward speed thy conq'ring flight ; 
Angels, onward fly : 

Long has been the reign of night, 

Bring the morning nigh ; 
'Tis to Thee the heathen lift 

Their imploring wail ; 
Bear them heaven's holy gift, 

Ere their courage fail. 

4 Onward speed thy conq'ring flight 
Angel, onward speed ; 

Morning bursts upon the sight, 

'Tis the time decreed: 
Jesus now His kingdom takes, 

Thrones and empires fall, 
And the joyous song awakes, 

God is all in all. 



1181 The Shining Shore. 

MY days are gliding swiftly by, 
And I, a pilgrim gtranger. 
Would not detain them as they fly — 
Those hours ol toil and danger ! 

For 1 we stand on Jordan's strand, 
Our friends are passing over, 

And just before the shining shore 
We may almost discover. 

2 We'll gird our loins, my brethren dear, 
Our distant home discerning ; 

Our absent Lord has left us word, 
Let every lamp be burning. 



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3 Should coming days be cold and dark, 
We need not cease our singing ; 

That perfect rest nought can molest. 
Where golden harps are ringing. 

4 Let sorrow's rudest tempests blow, 
Each chord on earth to sever, 

Our King says, come, and there's our home 
Forever, 1 forever I 



The Seaman's Prayer. 



1182 



TESUS, must holy one, 
v We lift our souls to Thee ; 
Plead lor us, Saviour, 

Lone wand'rers on the sea. 
Watch us while shadows lie 

Far o'er the water spread ; 
Hear the heart's lonely sigh, 

Thine too hath bled. 
Thou that hast looked on death, 

Aid us when death is near, 
Whisper of heaven to faith — 

Redeemer, Redeemer, hear ; 
Hear, O hear and save us, 

Tossed on the deep ! 

1183 Bethany. 

NEARER, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee, 
E'en though it be a cross, 

That raiseth me ; 
Still all my songs shall be, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee. 

2 Though, like a wanderer, 
Daylight all gone, 

Darkness be over me, 

My rest a stone, 
Yet in my dreams, I'd be 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee. 

3 Then with my waking thoughts, 
Bright with Thy praise, 

Out of my stony griefs, 

Bethel I'll raise ; 
So by my woes to be 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee. 



1184 



Look to Heaven. 
Marriage Hymn. 

THO' the scenes of life may try you, 
And affliction bring the tear, 
Tho' your hopes so fond and cherished 

May be blotted many a year, 
Look to heav'n for there's your home. 

2 Joy and sorrow will ye meet with, 
Joy to cheer you on your way, 

But remember, 1 remember. 

As we journey day by day, 
Look to heav'n, for there's your home, 

3 Wed the hours then in life's journey 
To the good you'll find to do ; 

Then in earnest may you heed this, 

When life's journey you've passed through 
Look to heav'n, for there's your home. 



1185 I Long for the Land of the Blest. 

T LONG, I long for the land of the blest, 
L Where the weary are at rest, at rest, 
There the wicked cease from troubling, and 

the weary are at rest. 
I long, I long for the land of the blest, 
Where the weary, 
Where the weary, 
Where the weary are at rest, are at rest. 



1186 Hark to the Solemn Bell. Dirge. 

HARK to the solemn bell, 
Mournfully pealing ! 
What do its wailings tell, 

On the air stealing ? 
Seem they not thus to say, 
Loved ones have passed away ? 
Ashes with ashes lay : 
List to its pealing I 

2 When in their lonely bed, 

Loved ones are lying ; 
When joyful wings are spread, 

To heaven flying ; 
Would we to sin and pain, 
Call back their souls again ? 
Weave round their hearts the chain 

Severed by dying ? 



118? " Thou art gone to the grave." 

THOU art gone to the grave— but we will 
not deplore thee. 
Though sorrows and darkness encompass 
the tomb ; 

The Saviour has passed thro' its portals be- 
fore thee, 

And the lamp of His love is thy guide thro' 
the gloom. 

2 Thou art gone to the grave — we no longer 
behold thee. 
Nor tread the rough path of the world by 
thy side ; 

Hut the wide arms of mercy are spread to 
enfold thee, 
And sinners may hope, since the Saviour 
hath died. 



3 Thou art gone to the grave — and, its man- 

sions forsaking, 
Perhaps thy tried spirit in doubt lingered 
long ; 

But the sunshine of heaven beamed bright on 
thy waking, 
And the song that thou heard'st was the 
seraphim's song. 

4 Thou art gone to the grave— but 'twere 

wrong to deplore thee. 
When God was thy ransom, thy guardian 
and guide ; 

He gave thee, and took thee, and soon will 
restore thee 
Where death hath no sting, since the 
Saviour hath died. 



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Hymns. 



The following Hymns were written by our own Ministers, 
and carefully compiled by Rev. B. F. Wheeler, A. M. B. D. 



(For Music, see "Harp of Zion.") 



The Minister's Comfort from the Con- 
1 1 8 8 sciousness of having Preached the Gos- 
pel Again in Obedience to God's Com- 
mand.* 

By Rev. B. F. Wheeler. C. M. 

TTTHAT sweet reflection— calm repose 

The gospel preacher's meed, 
To feel once more 'mid joys and woei 
He sowed the golden seed. 

2 Though some beside the way did fly 
And some on rocks did spoil ; 

Though some among the thorns did die, 
Perhaps some found good soil, 

3 But if no sign of fruit he see 
Still, one blest thought remains : 

Obeying God's most strict decree 
He lowed the precious grains. 

4 Obedience, then, to God's commands 
Attracts Him on His throne, 

'Tis fixed among His gracious plans 
Th' obedient soul He'll own. 

* From " The Harp of Zion." 



5 Then sow, ye husbandmen, cast 'way 

The Master's choicest seeds ; 
The seeds you sow in tears to-day 

With morn bring golden sheaves. 

J^gQ Heaven. 

By Bishop S. T. Jones, d. d. S. M 

MID scenes of sorrow here, 

By tempest tossed and driven, 
How sweet the thought, when life is o'er, 
We'll rest with God in heaven. 

2 This home of peace and love 
By Christ will sure be given — 

Bright mansions in the realms above- 
To all who strive for heaven. 

3 No scenes of parting there, 
No pain, nt> grief, no fear, 

No murmuring sigh, no sad complaint 
Like those that grieve us here. 
*From "The Harp of Zion." 



Hymns. 



215 



1 100 ^- n ^ e ^ s Welcome Saints to Heaven.* 
By Rev. G. W. Clinton, A. B. 7s. 



C 



OME, bright pilgrim, come this way, 
J In this house shall be your stay ; 
Sorrow, pain and death no more 
Can afflict and grieve thee sore. 



2 Here thy Father kindly stands, 
Calling thee to these bright plains ; 
Jesu9 Christ thy Saviour true 
Bids thee come and welcome, too. 

3 Here bright angels glory sing 
To the name of heaven's King ; 
They rejoice to see you come 
Here to dwell in their bright home. 

4 Blood-washed saints from yonder land 
Fought their way to this bright strand, 
They are happier when they know 
Some new soul comes from below. 



9 2716 City °f Mv Dream * 

By Rev. J. W. Smith. 

AS one who sits at ev'ning 
In the gloaming all alone, 
And counts the stars above him 

That shine outgone by one ; 
So friends long since departed 
INow loom upon my sight, 

1 hear the wings that nutter 
On the silence of the night. 

2 The dear face of my mother 
Kindly beams upon me now ; 

She views, with love unaltered. 
The lines upon my brow. 

Companions of my childhood, 
Who sha* ed that sunny time, 

Long since have heard the calling 
That came from lips divine. 

3 I see the long procession 

Of friends both young and old ; 
Of those whose locks are hoary 

And those with locks of gold ; 
And some are smiling infants, 

And all have snow-white wings, 
Around each brow the halo 

Which rest with Jesus brings. 

4 And now from out the shadows 
That flit across my cheek 

The golden harps are sounding 
. And shining angels speak. 
They tell me they are waiting 

To bear me o'er the tide — 
Across the dark, deep waters — 

Where Jesus Christ resides. 

5 I know the bark is ready, 
Now waiting there for me, 

My life is sad and dreary — 

Ah ! sad it seems to be. 
I know beyond the river — 

Beyond the turbid stream- 
There lies the Golden City, 
The city of my dream. 

* From " The Harp of Zion." 



7,6. 



The Victory of Faith* 
By Rev. Smith Claiborne. C. M. 

THOU uncreated Source of Love, 
The Plant of great renown ; 
My heart, in which sin reigned supreme, 
With grace doth now abound. 

2 The slavish chains of sin are gone, 
I've made a new resolve ; 

Though floods and flames, tho' hell oppose, 
I'll lean upon my God. 

3 Thy awful name I will adore, 
Thy righteous cause defend ; 

I'll cry, behold the Lamb of God, 
Whose kingdom has no end, 

4 By faith I hear the hammer ring 
That nailed Thee to the tree ; 

Let every tongue in concert sing, 
He bled and died for me. 

5 Powers malign, united move, 
With hellish schemes profound ; 

To sow the seeds of sin and death 
Wherever grace is found. 

6 But God who knows how frail I am, 
What sorrows I sustain, 

Will interpose His precious blood 
That I may glory gain. 



1193 



ChrisVs Death * 
By Rev. J. T. Gaskill. 



DID Jesus die for you and me, 
And did He suffer pain ? 
Why did He hang upon the tree 
And take the sinner's blame ? 

2 Oh, yes, he died for all mankind, 
Upon the cross of shame, 

That sinners, through His love divine, 
Might plead His gracious name. 

3 Worthy the Lamb, who bled and died 
To save a world from death, 

That justice might be satisfied 
And bring man to his rest. 

4 Do, Lord, give us the wings of faith 
To mount above the sky, 

That we may see that holy place 
Where souls can never die. 

1104: The Ascension.* 

By Rev. Dr R. R. Morris. 7s 

THOU, O Christ, ascending high 
1 In the clouds of glory far ; 
Men on earth looked to the sky, 
While their minds were filled with awe. 

fc Angels in white garments stood. 
Said " Why gaze ye up to heaven ? 

This same Jesus who is good 
Shall return to earth again.'* 

3 O Thou King of Kings, who reigns 

On Thy throne forever more, 
Help us reach the blissful plains 

Where we'll praise Thee o'er and o'er. 
* From " Tiie Harp of Zion." 



216 



Hymns. 



1105 The Nation's Woe.* 

By Prof. W m. Howard Day, d. d. L.M . 

OGOD, our plea to Thee we lift — 
Our ever-present Helper Thou ; 
We cling to Thee when all things drift- 
To Thy blest will we humbly bow. 

2 Asleep or wake, we helpless are, 
The frail rememberers of Thy power ; 

In this dark hour we need Thy care— 
We need Thee in our happiest hour. 

3 Appear for us Thou Father, God- 
Lift from us now Thy chastening hand ; 

Scatter the darkness with Thy rod, 
And smila upon cur sorrowing land. 

4 As we sit listening for Thy voice 
God of the nations speak Thy love ; 

Make all our sickened hearts rejoice, 
In view of mercy from above. 

5 And when, as now, with plaint sincere, 
The sore heart of the nation bleeds, 

Let Mercy touch us ; may we hear — 
"lam thy help for all thy needs." 

-j^ ^^{5 ® ur heavenly Some.* 

By Bishop Singleton T. Jones. S. M, 

OWHAT amazing bliss 
These words of Christ afford ; 
I go to fit a place for you " 
With angels and with God. 

2 No kingly palace here, 
No princely home below, 

With those bright mansions can compare — 
Sweet realms to which we go. 

3 While through this vale of tears 
On pilgrimage we roam, 

'Tis hope that brings the cheering thought, 
We soon shall be at home. 

4 There saints and angels join 
In one united throng, 

With harps of gold and voices sweet, 
To sing triumphant song. 

119 H The ' Dead Christian Sire* 

By Bishop John J. Moore, d. d. C. M 

THE aged sire has gone to rest ; 
He left the world below, 
To rest upon the Saviour's breast, 
Escaping every foe. 

2 Tho' kindred dear and friends might mourn. 
He could no longer stay ; 

On angel's wings he swift was borne 
To realms of endless day. 

3 His silver locks no altars wreath 
Nor voice earth's temple fill ; 

But where enraptured spirits breathe 
His voice the regions thrilL 

4 Melodious strains his notes control, 
Proclaiming love divine ; 

While him angelic throngs behold 
'Midst cloudless glory shine. 
* From " The Harp of Zion." 



1108 Coming Home to Zion. * 

By Bishop S. T. Jones, D. d. 8-6 

FAR from the Lord, we long have strayed, 
Far from long-loved Zion, 
But now at length, a start we've made 
Home to long-loved Zion. 

2 As streams their mighty torrents pour, 
Par from long-loved Zion, 

So turned the Lord our hearts once more, 
Home to long-loved Zion. 

3 With faces turned to Zion's hill, 
Home to long-loved Zion, 

Our hearts with sweetest raptures thrill, 
Home to long-loved Zion. 

4 We soon shall reach our Father's land, 
Home in long-loved Zion ; 

Our feet within the gates shall stand, 
Home in long-loved Zion. 

5 We soon shall reach the blissful shore, 
Home in long-loved Zion, 

Where sighing hearts shall sigh no more, 
Home in long-loved Zion. 

6 Oh ! sinner ! sinner ! why delay ? 
Far from long-loved Zion ; 

Come seek the Saviour while you may- 
Come to long-loved Zion. 

7 If you refuse the gracious call 
Home to long-loved Zion, 

Farewell ! farewell ! I leave you all 
Far from long-loved Zion. 

8 Our mingled songs we soon shall raise 
Home in long-loved Zion, 

And Christ shall have unceasing praise 
Home in long-loved Zion. 

1199 christian Laoorer Called to Rest.* 
By Bisnop J. J. Moore, d. d. L. M. 

THIS mortal sleeps beneath the sod, 
There arduous cares in rapture end ; 
His spirit borne aloft to God, 
With purest saints immortal blend. 

2 A crown immortal is his due, 
For us here left but tears remain ; 

With robe of white, forever new, 
We hope with him to meet again. 

3 His work will coming ages bless 
And generations yet unborn, 

When those now living sink to rest, 
With sacred wreaths will strew his tomb. 



1 300 The Saint Esca P ed to Sis Rest* 

By Bishop J. J. Moore, d. d. L. M. 

OUR brother the haven has gained, 
Outfiying the tempest and wind ; 
His rest he has sooner obtained, 
And left us his brethren behind. 

2 With songs let us follow his flight 
And mount with his spirit above ; 

He flew to the mansions of light, 
And lodged in the Eden of love. 

* From " The Harp of Zion." 



Hymns. 



217 







1201 Dedication* 

By Bishop John J. Moore, D. d L. M 
N earth, ere Christ the Lord appeared, 
Few temples yet to God were reared ; 
On altars rough, and wrought in stone, 
God in bright fiery symbols shone. 

2 To-day with sacred song and prayer, 
We dedicate this house most dear, 

With hopes that God this hallowed place 
May always fill with richest grace 

3 This place to sinners warning gives ; 
Here all may start with Christ to live ; 

Ilere sorrows change to joys complete ; 
Here endless bliss the soul shall greet. 

4 On Sabbath day each coming year 

Here men may come God's word to hear ; 
God's holy, quick'ning Spirit meet, 
And so prepare the Lord to greet. 

-j^ <^ Q <^ Dedication.* 

By Bishop J. J. Moore, d. d. L. M. 

THIS temple built to God alone — 
His people here may often come 
And meet Him in pure grace divine 
To gain a mansion more sublime. 

2 Here gospel truth to all is taught, 
And Christ whose death our pardon bought 

Is preached to all, that endless rest 
All may obtain and so be blest 

The tabernacle vast and grand 
Was modeled by God's holy hand, 

And there the gath'ring hosts did throng 
To worship God in love profound. 

Let all "who love this house of God 
Be careful how its courts are trod ; 

With silent footsteps leave its walls 
And ponder well God's solemn calls. 

j OA*? The Christian Soldier* 

By Rev R. H. Stilt. S. 

A SOLDIER I would be, 
Enlisted for the right, 
Resolved to dare, O Lord, for Thee, 
I've volunteered to fight. 

2 The enemy is strong, 
His powers are all engaged, 

His allied hosts around me throng, 
And now the war is waged. 

3 Filled with a joyful hope, 
I know in whom I trust ; 

And more than victor I shall be— 
I know my cause is just. 

4 The conflict, though severe, 
Will not continue long ; 

The thought that victory is near 
Makes sadness turn to song. 

5 A soldier I would be. 
Great Captain lead me on 

Until my soul is fully free 
And all my warfare's done. 
* From " Tho Harp of Zion." 



1204: Tht Christian w <*rrior* 

By Bishop John J. Moore, d. d. C. 1 

THE Christian warrior, brave and stout, 
No cowardice doth know ; 
The strongest foes he strives to rout 
In conflict here below. 

2 The prize for which the war is waged, 
Meets in this world but scorn ; 

But heart and soul and mind are pledged 
To gain a glorious crown 

3 To win, his captain says, is sure 
While following His command ; ' 

Christ who once wept on fields of gore 
Now leads the conq'ring band. 

4 His wily Foe, by night and day, 
Is pressing on him sore ; 

On every hand, in every way, 
More fiercely than before. 



1305 The Magdalene's Prayer * 

By Rev. J. H. White. 8, 7 double. 

BOWING at Thy Cross, O Jesus, 
With my load of grief and sin, 
Bruised— wounded in lite's battle- 
Foes without and foes within ; 
Hear me now, O Christ, my Saviour, 

In my time of greatest need ; 
Look on me with deep compassion, 
And for me. pray intercede. 

2 Tears ago in sinless childhood, 

Ere my feet were led astray, 
At the evening hour low bending, 

Mother taught me how to pray. 
But I heeded not life's pitfalls, 

Hidden 'neath the fragrant flowers 
Yielded duty up to pleasure ; 

Wasted all the golden hours. 



1306 The PenitenVs C^.* 
By Rev. H. P. Thomas. 







H \ that my burdened soul 
Could sweet relief obtain ; 
Give Jesus all my heart's control 
And cease to suffer pain 

2 I long to find the way 

That leads from sin and death, 
And when 'tis found, I hope to stay 
. Till my expiring breath. 

3 I pant for living streams 

That flow from Calv'ry's fount ; 
My thirsty soul will die, it seems, 
Or scale redemption's mount. 

4 Oh Jesus, stretch Thy hand, 
And rescue my poor soul ; 

And bid me rise at Thy command, 
And all my thoughts control. 

5 Unchain my captive soul 
From sin's devouring cell ; 

O fill my heart with joy untold- 
Let peace within me dwell. 
»Frorn " The Harp of Zion." 



218 



Hymns. 



±20*7 1716 Resurrection ■ * 

By Rev. TV. T. Biddle. fl, 7, 6, 6, 8, 8. 

YOUR risen Lord behold, 
The glorious news proclaim ; 
Repeat the story told. 

That Jesus lives again. 
Now leave your tombs, ye sleeping dead, 
To live with Him your living Head. 

2 The grave its power hath lost, 
And death's proud sceptre lalls ; 

Nor more in triumph boasts, 

For Christ hath conquered all. 
Ye weeping saints, dry up your tears, 
For lo 1 the Son of God appears. 

3 In majesty He reigns 

O'er earth and heaven above ; 
Let cherubs join the strains 

And sing his dying love. 
Ye saints, His risen pow'r adore ; 

He lives, He reigns forever more. 

1 ^05^ Where Peace, Hope and Light are 
J. /vvrcjr Found* 

By Prof. W. H. Marshall. C. 3£. 

ALL o'er the world I sought in vain 
For Peace and Hope and Light ; 

1 sought to lose my guilt and stain 
And wash my garments white. 

2 But not in pleasure wild— ah', no— 
Nor yet In deepest grief ; 

'Mongst rich or poor, 'mongst high or low, 
Could I secure relief. 

3 " I am a wretch undone," I cried ; 
11 Ah whither shall I flee ? " 

A sweet voice said, "In Christ abide 
And lose thy misery." 

4 In tears to Calvary I ran, 
And fell at Jesus' feet ; 

There Peace and Hope and Light began 
And made my life complete, 

-j o AO The Grave* 

By Rev. B. F Wheeler. L. M 

THE cruel grave opes wide its mouth 
To take our loved ones from our sight ; 
Heart-broken, weeping, sad and loth, 
We yield to its o'erpow'ring might. 

2 We linger round that hallowed spot- 
Made sacred by the one we loved — 

Take courage from the blissful thought 
We'll meet agaiu in realms above. 

3 Yes, soon will Jesus call us, too. 

To join our loved ones round His throne, 
And there eternal ages through 
We'll praise Him in our heavenly home, 

4 Oh 1 Jesus help us faithful prove, 
Till that decisive time shall come ; 

In that last hour from courts above, 
Grant us to hear Thee whisper, come. 
* From " The Harp of Zion." < 



1310 1716 Cruci fi xion * 

By Rev. B. F. Wheeler. L. M. 

LET all the world in wonder gaze. 
At that great sight on Calv'ry's brow ; 
There Christ, the ancient of all days. 
To monster death consents to bow 

2 'Mid weeping saints and railing thieves, 
'Mid bursting graves and crumbling rocks, 

While heaven frowns and earth upheaves 
Th' incarnate God yields up the ghost. 

3 He died to set the guilty free — 
Each one of Adam's sinful race — 

Who, by Jehovah's stern decree, 
Was doomed eternal death to face. 

4 Since now the rigid debt is paid, 

And peace is tree through Jesus' name, 
None need despair nor feel dismayed, 
Christ's blood removes the deepest stain. 



-J^ <J -j^ -j^ Trials Bring Blessings * 

By Rev. B. F. Wheeler. L. 

CONFINED by Babel's river side, 
VJ The erring soul may oft abide ; 
There, helpless, weary and forlorn, 
He's made the mark of shame and scorn. 

2 But 'lone am.d his sorrows sore, 

His thought runs back to pleasures pure ; 
To early vows once made to God, 
When Christ alone was all he sought. 

3 His guilt deplored— his sins confessed— 
He, smiting on his languid breast, 
Renews those early sacred vows- 
Begins afresh with all his powers. 

4 So may all trials, as they come, 
Teach us some lesson from above. 
Till we shall reach our Salem dear, 
Where naught intrudes to make us fea! 



1313 Brevity of Life* 
By Rev. H. W. Smith. 



C. M. 



THE years roll on and bring the da^s 
Of things to us unknown ; 
Our lives so swiftly pass away 
As does the setting sun. 

2 The moments, days and fleeting years 
Are preparation time, 

To flee from sorrow's bitter tears 
Where sin will not annoy. 

3 We magnify Thy holy name 
While h«re on earth we stay ; 

Thy Spirit is the holy Flame 
To bless us on the way. 

4 Our life is like a summer eve 
With sun behind a cloud ; 

Hard trials in this world we see, 

Until we wear the crown. 
* From " The Ilarp of Zion." 



Hymns. 



219 



^ -J^ When the Roll is Called Again* 

By Rev John E. Price 8, 7 

SAINTS and sinners, hear the message 
Which the gospel heralds bring ; 
All this world must come to judgment 
When the roll is called again. 
When the roll is called again — 
When the roll is called again — 
Will you meet me — will you meet me 
When the roll is called again ? 

2 Jesus robed in glorious splendor. 
Followed by a dazzling train. 

Every eye shall then behold Him 
When the roll is called again. 

3 Hear the great archangel's trumpet 
Sound o'er ocean hill and dale, 

Waking all the sleeping nations, 
When the roll is called again. 

4 See the Universe assembled 
On the wide, extended plain, 

Facing there the great tribunal 
When the roll is called again. 

5 See the righteous, once despised, 
Called to honor, called to reign — 

Called to enter into glory 
When the roll is called again. 

6 See poor sinners there lamenting, 
Filled with terror, filled with shame, 

Sink beneath God's wrath forever 
When the roll is called again. 

7 Brother, sister, grow not weary, 
Though you have much toil and pain, 

You shall have a crown of glory 
When the roll is called again. 

He Beareth With Us* - 
By Rev. J. A. D. Bloice. 8, 7 double 

OH ! how often have I grieved Thee, 
Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove 1 
Yet Thou wilt not, cans't not leave me, 

For Thy blissful home above. 
Fain would I from Thee my presence 

Hide forever in the grave, 
But Thou wilt not leave my conscience 
Vile, polluted— still a slave. 

2 Oh ! how many intermissions 
Of Thy favors have I seen 1 

Thou hast taught me many lessons 
From these hours of mirth and sin. 

Yet again, again I grieve Thee ; 
Yet again, again Thou stay ; 

Thou wilt not in anger leave me, 
Though I turn Thee oft away. 

3 Pity still my weak condition, 

For Thou knowest, Lord, my heart 
Looking up with deep contrition, 

I would never from Thee part. 
God the Father, God the Son, 

God the Holy Ghost in one, 
Lift up now the veil of heaven. 

Smile upon us, Three in One. 
*From The Harp of Zion." 



1215 The Sunday Sch °° l * 

By Rev. E. George Biddle. L. M. 

OLORD, our schools with Thee we love— 
We love to lead Thy children there ; 
O grant us wisdom from above, 
As to our school we oft repair. 

2 Immortal souls our subjects are, 
Eternal themes our lessons be ; 

Grant us the riches of Thy power 
To learn and teach, O Lord, of Thee. 

3 To teach aright we know not how, 
Save, Lord, as trusting in Thy name, 

That members of Thy kingdom now 
May all Thy children e'er remain. 

4 We know not when our work is done, 
Yet toil we, Lord, alone with Thee, 

While looking for the coming one, 
Our Hope, our Peace, our Liberty. 

5 And when on earth we cease to meet, 
Translated to our heavenly home, 

May not a child fail us to greet 
Amid the glories of Thy throne. 

6 Then shall our soul in love expand 
While vast eternity shall last ; 

Forever in Thy nature stand — 
We'll praise Thee, Lord, for all the past. 

1216 Trust in the Lord* 

By Rev. J. A. D. Bloice. 6, 4, 6, 3, 4, 5, 7, 3 

T CANNOT understand Thee, 
1 Thou God of Light , 
In dark clouds Thou movest 
Dark as night. 

1 cannot see Thee, 
Yet in Thee I trust. 

To guide, protect and lead me 
Home at last. 

2 I cannot even trace Thee, 
Thou God of Life ; 

In trackless path Thou walkest 

Unseen Life. 
I cannot see Thee, 

Yet to Thee I come, 
To save, direct and bring me 

Safe to home. 

3 I cannot hope to reach Thee, 
Thou God of Heaven ; 

In highest heights Thou dwellest 

High as heaven. 
I cannot hold Thee, 

Yet to Thee I look. 
So bend Thine ear and hear me 

In Thy Book. 

4 I cannot lose Thee, 
Thou God of Grace ; 

In mercy mild Thou waitest 

Mild as grace. 
I cannot miss Thee ; 

Thou art to me, 
In Life, in Death, forever 

My best Friend. 
* From " The Harp of Zion." 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



INTRODUCTORY TO WORSHIP. 



No. of 

All thanks to the Lamb. 

Appointed by thee 

Arise and bless the 

Awake, and sing the . . . 

Before Jehovah's 

Before thy mercy 

Being of beings, God. . . 
Come, let us join our . . . 
Come, let us tune our . . 
Come, let us who in . . . 
Come, sound his praise. 
Come, thou Almighty . . 
Come, thou desire of. . . 

Come, ye that love 

Eternal Power, whose . 

Father, behold with 

Father of everlasting. . . 
Father of heaven, who. 

From all that dwell 

Glory be to God on 

Glory to the Almighty. . 



Hymn. No. of Hymn 

1070 Great God, attend 390 

1089 Great Shepherd of 270 

611 Hark! the notes of 1005 

751 Heavenly Father, sov . . 930 

369 Infinite excellence is . . . 128 

163 Infinite God, to thee ... 851 

335 In thy name, O Lord ... 989 

87 In thy presence we 947 

549 Jesus, thou all-redeem. 94 

139 Jesus, thou everlasting. 441 

668 Jesus, thou soul of all . . 879 

1095 Jesus, we look to thee. . 647 

64 Jesus, where'er thy. . . 406 

609 Let all on earth their . . 897 

522 Lo ! God is here ! let. ... 775 

302 Lord of the worlds 853 

823 Lord, we come before.. 946 

569 Lord, when we bend ... 88 

340 Meet and right it is to, . 1042 

915 Not here as to the 439 

1004 O for a thousand tongues 1 



, No. of Hymn. 

O God of Bethel, by ... . 103 

O God, our strength.... 132 

O holy, holy, holy, Lord 413 

Once more we come 4 

O render thanks to o90 

O thou, to whom, in 523 

O thou, who art the 626 

O thou, whom all thy. . . 577 

Praise waits in Zion . . . 578 

See, Jesus, thy disciples 211 

Servants of God, in 367 

Sing we the song of 241 

Songs of praise the 942 

Thank and praise Jehov'h 925 

Thou God of power .... 886 

Thy presence, gracious. 365 

Within thy house, O . . . 215 

With joy we hail thee . . 5 

With joy we left our ... 641 

Ye servants of God, your 1069 

Young men and maidens 846 



THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 



Almighty Maker, God. . . 695 

A thousand oracles 181 

Blest be our everlasting. 156 

Come, Father, Son 492 

Come, O my soul, in. ... 580 
Ere mountains rear'd . . . 508 

Eternal depth of love 585 

Eternal Power, Almighty 35 
Eternal wisdom, thee ... 74 

Father, how wide 142 

Father of all, whose 394 

Father of spirits, nature' s 97 

Father, to thee my 125 

God is a name my soul . . 537 

Great God, accept a 685 

Great God, to me the ... . 108 



Great First of beings ... 157 

Hail! Father, Son 235 

Hail! Father, whose .... 295 
Hail! holy, holy, holy... 195 
Holy as thou, O Lord .... 507 
Holy, holy, holy Lord... 943 

Jehovah, God, thy 187 

Let every tongue thy good 22 
Lord, all I am is known . ^83 

My Maker, and my 713 

O all-creating God 740 

O God, my hope, my 801 

O God, of good the 829 

O God, thou bottomless. 494 
O God, we praise thee. . . 247 
O Lord, our King, how. . 231 



Praise ye the Lord, 'tis. . 540 
Praise ye the Lord, ye. . . 15 

Shall foolish, weak 65 

The earth, with all her 405 
Thee to laud in songs . . . 711 
The God of nature ..... 245 

The Lord descended 31 

The Lord Jehovah 838 

The Lord our God is ... . 158 

There is a God, all 59] 

There seems a voice 145 

The spacious firmament. 469 
Thine, Lord, is wisdom . 574 
This, this is the God .... 1029 
Thou, the eternal Lord . . 701 
When Israel out of Egypt 777 



Incarnation and Birth. 

All glory to God in 1028 

All hail, happy day 1074 

Angels from the realms. 991 
Bright and j oyful is ... . 917 
Brightest and best of. . . 1125 
Father, our hearts. . . . 749 
Hail ! to the Lord's .... 1114 
Hark ! the glad sound . . 14 
Hark ! the herald angels 940 

Hark ! what mean 1024 

Mortals, awake, with. . . 73 
Rejoice in Jesus' birth . 691 
To us a child of hope ... 118 
To us a child of royal. . . 353 
While shepherds 324 



JESUS CHRIST. 

Sufferings and Death. 

Alas, and did my 114 

All glory to the dying . . 131 

And did the holy 313 

Behold the Saviour 213 

Come Holy Ghost 248 

Did Jesus die for 1193 

Extended on a cursed . . 482 

From Calvary a cry 542 

From whence these 218 

God of unexampled 1046 

Hark ! the voice of 992 

Let all the world 1210 

O love divine, what 823 

Our sins on Christ 706 

Plunged in a gulf of 6 



This, this is he that .... 696 
'Tisfinish'd! so the.... 481 
'Tis finish' d ! the Mes- 
siah 400 

When I survey the 544 

With glorious clouds . . . 297 

Would Jesus have 784 

Ye that pass by, behold 

the Man 474 

Resurrection and Ascension. 

Christ, the Lord, is ... . 939 

God is gone up on 863 

Hail ! the day that 928 

He dies ! the Friend. . . 487 

Lift your glad voices ... 1119 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



221 



No. of Hymn 

Our Lord is risen 467 

Sing praise, the tomb . . 1132 

The Lord is risen 656 

The Lord of Sabbath ... 164 
The Sun of righteousness 214 
Thou, O Christ, ascend- 1194 

Priesthood and Intercession. 
All hail the power of . . . 2 

Enthroned is Jesus 709 

Father, hear the blood . 709 



No. of Hymn 
Hail! thou once despised 1009 
I know that my Re- 
deemer 92 

Jesus, my Advocate 534 

Jesus, the Lord of 217 

Jesus, thou Source 707 

Jesus, thy blood and # . . . 393 
J oin all the glorious .*. . . 837 
Lord, how shall sinners 768 
Messiah, joy of every. . . 868 
O thou, eternal Victim . 800 



No. of Hymn 

O thou, whose offering 501 

Proclaim the lofty 1101 

Redeemer of mankind 738 

See Jesus rising from . . 70 

See where our great 869 

The day of Christ 497 

The head that once 300 

Thou art the way ; to . . 236 

Thou very paschal 698 

With joy we meditate 

the grace. — 256 



THE HOLY SPIRIT. 



All glory and praise — 
Blest Comforter divine , 

Come, Holy Spirit 

Come, Spirit, source . . . 

Enthroned on high 

Eternal Spirit, God 

Expand thy wings 

Father, glorify thy 



1090 
649 
248 
697 
62 
328 

1079 
963 



Father of our dying 1044 

Gracious Spirit, love . . . 924 

Great Spirit, by whose. 33 

Holy Ghost, dispel 997 

Holy Spirit, faithful. . . . 1171 

Holy Spirit, Fount of. . . 1000 

Jesus, we on thy 503 

Lord God, the holy 712 



Lord, we believe, to 510 

O how often have 1 1214 

On all the earth thy 368 

O Spirit of the living ... 414 

O thou that hearest 854 

Our blest Redeemer 1118 

Sinners, lift up your 869 

When first the Spirit left 526 



INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 



The Ministry. 

And let our bodies 614 

Comfort, ye ministers . . 388 

Draw near, O son of — 385 

Except the Lord conduct 888 

Father of mercies, bow. 528 

Go preach my Gospel. . . 541 

High on his everlasting . 402 

How beauteous are 672 

Jesus, the Name high . . 127 

Jesus, thy word ot 254 

Jesus, thy servants 684 

Jesus, thy wandering . . 448 

Let Zion's watchmen. . . 107 

Lord, if at thy command 737 

Lord of the harvest 746 

Now, Lord, fulfil thy. . 69 

happy, happy place ... 608 
Sow in the morn thy . . . 730 
The Saviour, when to . . 585 
Thus saith the Lord— 'tis 539 

The Church. 

Arm of the Lord, awake 364 

Awake,Jerusalem,awake 361 

Daughter of Zion, from. 16 

Glorious things of thee . 998 

Great Source of being. . 579 
Hear what God, the. . . . 1014 

1 love thy kingdom 757 

Jesus, from whom all . . 366 



O might my lot be 425 

On thy Church, O Power 912 

Saviour, breathe an 1176 

See the gospel Church. . 1047 

Where is the Hebrews ' . 723 

Who in the Lord confide 639 

Who make the Lord 34 

With stately towers 59 

Zion stands with 1011 

The Sabbath. 

Awake, ye saints, awake 860 

Come, let us join with. . 87 

Day of God, thou blessed 926 

Far from my thoughts . . 345 

Glad was my heart to . . 605 

Great God, this hallow 1 d 841 

Haill to the Sabbath. . . 604 

Lord of Sabbath 554 

May I, throughout this. 165 

Return, my soul, enjoy. 565 

Sweet is the work, my. 350 

This is the day the 80 

This day the Lord 230 

Welcome, sweet day 657 

Baptism. 

Baptized into thy name. 1084 
Behold, what conde- 
scending 282 

Come, Father, Son 492 



God of eternal truth 850 

Great God, now con- 
descend 676 

How large the promise. 109 

Jesus, kind, inviting . . . 010 

Jesus, we lift our souls. 112 

Our children thou 736 

See, Israel's gentle 9 

The Lord's Supper. 

According to thy gracious 220 

Author of our salvation. 495 

Called from above, I 729 

Come, thou everlasting. 996 

Glory to God on high. . . 658 

If human kindness 115 

In that sad, memorable. 774 

Jesus, all-redeeming 929 

Jesus, at whose supreme 292 

Jesus spreads his banner 1010 

Jesus, we thus obey 754 

Lamb of God, whose. . . 1054 

Let all who truly bear . . 677 

O God, unseen, yet 261 

O what delight is this . . 660 

Sons of God, triumphant 941 

That doleful night ...... 337 

Thee, King of saints 654 

The King of heaven. . 287 

To Jesus, our exalted . . 355 

Victim divine, thy grace 824 



PROVISIONS AND PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL.' 



A fountain of life and . . 1077 

All o'er the world 1208 

Blow ye the trumpet ... 836 
Come, ye disconsolate.. 1129 
Glory to God, whose . . . 575 
God's holy law trans- 664 
Grace, 'tis a charming . . 651 

Happy the man who 372 

How great the wisdom. 137 



How sweetly flow'd. . . . 454 

How sweet the name. . 178 

Let earth and heaven . . 865 

Let every mortal ear ... 18 

Look unto Christ 277 

Of Him who did salva- 357 

O what amazing words. 179 

Salvation 1 O the joyful . 126 

See, sinners, in the gos- 845 



Sinners, obey the hea- 351 

The gospel, O what 82 

There is a fountain 57 

The voice of free 1131 

Thy ceaseless, unex- 151 

What majesty and 690 

What shall I do my Sav- 
iour to praise 328 

When on Sinai's top ... . 936 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Oipravlty. 



Ah! how shall fallen 597 

Deep are the wounds . . . 472 
Father of lights, from . . . 833 

God is in this and 265 

How helpless nature 670 

How sad our state by 104 

Jesus, a word, a look 451 

Jesus, if still thou 321 

Jesus, thy far-extended.. 576 

Lord, we are vile 571 

Lord, with a grieved 433 

My former hopes are 645 

O God, to whom in 437 

O that I could repent 601 

O thou, whom once 543 

Tho' eighteen hundred . . 462 
Thou hidden God, for. . . 286 
While dead in trespasses 266 

Awakening, 

All yesterday is gone 733 

Beneath our f jet and 227 

Come, O thou all-victori- 
ous 188 

Hasten, sinner, to be. . . 906 
Heart of stone, relent... 960 

Now is the accepted 710 

O where shall rest be . . . 634 

Sinners, the voice of 221 

Terrible thought, shall . . 228 
Thou Son of God, who. . 238 

Vain man, thy fond 183 

Where are the dead 476 

While life prolongs 570 

Why should we boast . . . 216 

Inviting. 

Come, humble sinner 149 

Come, O my guilty 840 

Come, O ye sinners 502 

Come, sinners, to the 563 

Come, to Calvary's 1127 



THE SINNER. 

No. of Hymn 

Come, weary sinners 693 

Come, ye sinners, poor.. 1007 
From the cross uplifted. . 954 

Hoi every one that 509 

Jesus, Redeemer of 299 

Lovers of pleasure 327 

My son, know thou 755 

why should gloom 318 

Pilgrim burdened with.. 1155 

Return, O wanderer Ill 

Sinners, obey the gospel. 397 
Sinners, return, while. . . 980 

Sinners, turn ; why 984 

Weary souls, that 949 

Ye wretched, starving. . . 665 

Penitential. 

Ah, whither should I 595 

And can I yet delay 592 

Author of faith, to 878 

Awaked from sin's 460 

Because for me the 311 

By thy birth, and by. ... 959 
Come, holy, celestial. . . . 1030 

Depth of mercy, can 898 

JJid Christ o'er sinners. . 620 

Encompass' d with 1033 

Father, I dare believe. . . 745 

Father, if I may call 459 

Father, I stretch my — 171 
Father of Jesus Christ . . 212 
God of my life, what .... 533 

God of my salvation 1061 

Gracious God, my sins . .1041 

Hear, gracious God 193 

How oft have I the 121 

In sorrow I lament 637 

Is there a thing too 271 

1 would be thine, 150 

Jesus, if still the same . . 813 

Jesus, let thy pitying 1049 

Jesns, lover of my soul.. 9|54 
Jesus, Redeemer,Saviour 222 
Jesus, the Sinner's 453 



No. of Hymn 
Jesus, whose glory's . . . 404 
Let the redeem'd give. . . 140 

Let the world their 1055 

Light of the gentile . . . 458 

Light of those whose 1017 

Lord, at thy feet we 41 

Lord, I approach the . . . 237 
Lord, I despair myself. . . 423 
Mercy alone can meet ... 8 
My soul before thee. ... 468 
O conquer this rebellious 895 

O could I lose myself 119 

O disclose thy lovely 965 

O for a glance of 359 

O for that tenderness 23 

O Jesus, in pity draw . . . 1078 

O Lamb of God, for 875 

O my offended God 705 

O Sun of Righteousness. 58 
O that I could my Lord. . 20 
O that I could repent .... 601 

O that I could revere 667 

O that thou wouldst 331 

O thou that wouldst 708 

O thou, who hast our. . . 872 

O thou, whom fain 793 

Out of the depths of 618 

Prostrate at Jesus feet . . 594 

Prostrate with eyes 873 

Rock of ages, cleft 594 

Saviour, see me from 1064 

Saviour, Prince of. 957 

Show pity, Lord, O 395 

Sovereign Ruler, Lord . . 908 
Stay, thou insulted Spirit 940 

The long-lost son 46 

Though I have grieved .. 475 

Thou Lamb of God i90 

When, gracious Lord 457 

When rising from 226 

When shall thy love 735 

Wherewith, O Lord 489 

Whom man forsakes 435 

Why not now my God... 956 
Wretched, helpless 1059 



THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 



Justification by Faith. 

A goodly, formal saint ... 731 
All praise to the Lamb . .1086 

And can it be that I 786 

Author of faith, eternal . 415 
Hy faith I to the fount. . . 444 
Father of Jesus Christ . . 71 
Happy soul, who sees . . . 961 

Hark! my soul, it is 916 

In answer to ten thou- 
sand 317 

In hope against all 239 

Into thy gracious hands . 343 

Jesus Christ, who 962 

Jesus, my all, to heaven. 372 

Jesus, the Lamb of 512 

Jesus, to thee I now 40 

Let not the wise their. . . 484 

My God, my God, to 38 

Now I have found 1080 

Oft I in my heart 1043 



O happy day that 438 

O how happy are 1072 

O how shall a sinner 1020 

what shall I do 1C88 

The wisdom own' d 116 

This day the covenant. . . 799 

We have no outward 455 

What am I, O thou 558 

Adoption and Assurance. 

Abba Father, hear ...... 967 

And can my heart 204 

Arise, my soul, arise 852 

Come, Father, Son 301 

Earnest of future 849 

Father, I wait before .... 207 

Father of everlasting 823 

God of all consolation. . . 159 

Great God, indulge 564 

How can a sinner 717 

1 heard the voice. 1159 



I listen for the voice 726 

In some way or other 1153 

Lord, how secure 545 

My soul, through 514 

My soul, with humble . . . 421 

Sov'reign of all the 95 

Spirit of faith, come 769 

Thou great mysterious.. 880 

We by his Spirit 602 

When shall I hear 809 

Where shall my wond- 

ring 821 

Why should the children. 120 

Sanctification. 

All things are possible. . . 784 

Blest are the pure in 648 

But can it be that 1 889 

Come, Holy Ghost, all. . , 804 

Come, Lord, and claim . . 205 

Come, O my God, the. . 7 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



223 



No. of Hymn 
Come, O thou greater . . . 374 
Coine, O thou universal . 788 
Come, quickly, gracious. 133 
Come, Saviour, Jesus . . . 408 
Come, thou omniscient. . 332 

Deepen the wound 279 

Ever fainting with desire . 1063 
Father of eternal grace. . 922 
Father, Son and Holy .... 1146 
Forever here my rest. . . . 28 
God of all power, and... 341 

God of eternal truth 214 

He wills that I should.. . 465 

Holy, and true, and. 524 

Holy Lamb, who the 907 

1 ask the gift of righteous- 305 
If thou impart thyself. . . 312 
I know that my Redeem'r 92 
I thirst, thou wounded.. 383 

Jesus comes with all 9i8 

Jesus hath died, that 246 



No. of Hymn 

Jesus, my life, thyself 296 

Jesus, my Lord, I 32 

Jesus, my truth, my 721 

Jesus, plant and root. 948 

Jesus, the sinner's 543 

J esus, thine all-victorious 197 

Jesus, thou art our 1103 

Let Him to whom we 61 

Lord, I believe a rest 55 

Love divine, all love 1012 

Now, even now, 1 99 

O come and dwell in 720 

O for a heart to praise ... 54 

O glorious hope of 568 

O God, most merciful 513 

O God, what offering. . . . 816 

O Jesus, at thy feet 37 

O Jesus, full of truth. . . . 782 
O joyful sound of gospel. 170 

O love divine, how 884 

O Saviour welcome 129 



No. of Hymn 

O that my load of sin 371 

Prince of peace, control. 904 
Pris'ners of hope, arise. . 694 

Pris'ners of hope, be 817 

Pris'ners of hope, lift 770 

Quicken'd with our 506 

Saviour, from sin 1 787 

Saviour of the sin-sick '. '. 902 

Saviour, on me the 883 

Saviour, the world's. .. 1105 

The thing, my God 718 

This is thy wiU, 1 722 

Thou God of all-sufficient 290 

Thy loving Spirit 485 

Thy name to me, thy 264 

To thee, great God 773 

What is our calling's 262 

What! never speak 491 

When, my Saviour 900 

When shall 1 see the wel- 143 
Ye ransom'd sinners .... 866 



MEANS OF GEAOE. 



Prayer and Intercession. 

A charge to keep I 632 

Author of faith we 376 

Behold the throne 744 

Bid me of men beware . . 607 

Bowing at thy cross 1205 

Come, my soul, thy .. 944 

Father of me, and 173 

Fountain of life 252 

From every stormy 347 

God of almighty love 742 

God of love, who.... 923 

Help, Lord, to whom 882 

I want a heart to 627 

I want a principle 168 

Jehovah, God, the 166 

Jesus, I fain would find. . 743 
Jesus, I fain would walk. 582 

Jesus, in whom the 505 

Jesus, my Lord, attend.. 700 

Jesus, my Saviour 546 

Jesus, my strength A 669 

Jesus, our best beloved.! 461 

Jesus, the life, the 229 

Jesus, the Sovereign 796 

Light of life, seraphic. . . 968 

Lord, fill me with an 464 

My faith looks up to 1094 

My hope, my all, my 396 

O for a faith that 309 

Olet the pris'ner's 515 

O Lord, thy work 670 

O that my burdened 1' 06 

O thou our Saviour 553 

O thou who earnest 567 

Our Father, God, who... 184 
Our Heavenly Father .... 646 

O wondrous Power 811 

Prayer is appointed 562 

Prayer is the soul's ...... 52 

Saviour, when in dust . . . 983 

See the Lord, thy 1040 

Shepherd, divine, our... 308 

Sweet hour of prayer 1165 

The praying spirit 71 6 

Thy presence, Lord 200 

To the hills I lift ,,4045 



What a friend 1156 

What various hicdrances 

we meet 449 

Ye praying souls, rejoice 756 

Family Devotion. 

All praise to Him 198 

Arise, my soul, with 428 

Author of good, we 273 

Awake, my soul, aud 551 

Awake, my soul, to 76 

Captain of our salvation. 780 

Except the Lord our 447 

Father of spirits 97 

Forth in thy name 417 

Giver and Guardian 333 

Glory to thee, my 521 

Great God, let all 391 

Great God, to thee 255 

How happy the sorrow. .1036 

I and my house will 874 

I cannot understand 1216 

If death our friends 876 

In mercy, Lord, remem- 
ber 101 

Inspirer and hearer 1026 

Jesus, while our. ... 1022 

Lord, in the morning 124 

Lord of mercy, and 1126 

Lord of my life, O 66 

Lord, thou wilt hear 122 

Millions within thy 422 

My God, how endless 566 

My opening eyes 356 

Now from the altar 36 

O God, my God, my 380 

O God, who madest 320 

O Lord, another day 326 

O Lord, thy heavenly .... 398 

Once more, my soul 17 

On thee, each morning.. 39 
O thou, who in thee. . . . 316 

Saviour, breathe an 1002 

See how the morning 641 

Softly now the light 919 j 

Sole sovereign of the 486 

Taught by our Lord 572 i 



Thee in the watches. 568 

The power to bless 702 

Thou, Lord, hast blest. . . 219 

Thou, Lord of life 323 

Thou seest my feebleness 741 

Thus far the Lord 560 

Thy presence everlasting 493 
To thee, our God, and. ..1120 
We lift our hearts to .... 753 

Wherefore should 1 953 

While thee I seek 191 

The Closet. 

Angel of covenanted 496 

Chastised by an indulgent 583 
Come, O thou traveler. . . 769 
Cut me not off, almighty. 477 
Deathless spirit, now. ... 907 

Far from the world 81 

Father divine, thy 209 

Father of Jesus Christ.. 71 

Forewarned by my 535 

Full of trembling expec- 
tation 1013 

God of my life, to 346 

I love to steal a while ... 86 

In age and feebleness 1085 

Jesus, my strength 669 

My God, thy service 203 

My Saviour from the 713 

O thou faithful God 958 

O thou God, who hearest 955 

O thou great God 370 

O thou whose wise 843 

Saviour of men, thy 529 

Shall I, for fear of 516 

Sweet is the prayer 202 

The Sun of righteous- 
ness 814 

Thousands. O Lord 223 

Thy mercy heard my 898 

Vital Fpark of heavenly. .1121 

When death before 603 

When laneruor and 43 

When on the brink 636 

Wilt thou not yet to 828 

Yield to me now for 806 



224 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Reading the Scriptures. 

No. of Hymn 
Bright was the guiding. . 98 

Come Holy Ghost 67 

Father of all, in whom.. 210 

Father oi mercies, in 93 

Hail, sacred truth 60 



No. of Hymn 

How perfect is thy 711 

How precious is the 196 

Jesus the word best 715 

Now let my soul. 559 

Spirit of truth, essential 
God 815 



No. of Hymn 
The counsels of redeem- 
ing grace 184 

Thy law is perfect 233 

Thy word, almighty 719 

W hat glory gilds the . . . 63 
When quiet in my 802 



CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 



Communion of Saints. 

And are we yet alive 662 

Blest are the sons of 624 

Brethren in Christ 424 

Christ, from whom all. . . 981 
Giver of concord, Prinee. 806 

Giver of peace and 561 

Glory be to God above . . 974 

God be with you 1160 

Jesus great Shepherd. . . . 258 

Jesus, Lord, we look 92 

Jesus, united by thy 152 



Let all in whom the . . . . 250 

Let party names no 727 

Our God is love, and 467 

The glorious universe . . . 242 

The heavenly treasure. . . 160 

The sacred bond of 284 

Thou God of truth 862 

Try us, O, God, and 288 

Unchangeable, almighty. 581 

Love-feast. 

All praise to our redeem- 336 



Blest be the tie that 621 

Center of our hopes 952 

Come and let us sweetly. 975 

Come, thou high and 966 

Come, wisdom, power. . . 885 
Father, at thy footstool-. 945 

Jesus, fulfil our one 893 

Lift up your hearts 29 

Saviour of all, to thee we 

bow 418 

While we walk with God 

in light ... 987 



DUTIES AND TEIALS. 



The Warfare. 

Am I a soldier of the .... 3 

Angels our march 64S 

Arise, ye saints, arise . . . 655 

Arm me with thy 446 

A soldier I would be ... . 1203 
Behold the Christian .... 389 

Equip me for the war 764 

God is my strong salva-1113 
Hark! how the gospel. . . 835 
Hark 1 how the watchmen 752 

I saw a way- worn 1166 

I the good fight have .... 673 

Jesus, the conqu'ror 630 

My soul be on thy 763 

O King of glory, thy 410 

O may thy powerful 734 

Pray, without ceasing. . . 631 
Soldiers of Christ, arise. 612 
Soldiers, of Christ, lay. . . 610 

Surrounded by a host 842 

The Christian warrior . . . 1204 

This slumber from 771 

Urge on your rapid 628 

When I can read my 322 

Patience and Resignation. 

Abraham, when severely 532 

All-wise, almighty 263 

As strangers here below. 678 
Away, my unbelieving. . . 352 

Cast on the fidelity 1053 

Commit thou all thy 680 

Deem not that they 488 

Eternal Beam of Light. . 420 

Eternal Source of joy 206 

Father, if thou must ... 1052 

Father of lights, thy 268 

Give to the winds 56 

Glory to thee, thou 339 

God moves in a mysteri- 72 
God ot my life to thee . . . 855 
God of my life whose .... 360 



God of my strength 483 

God ot thine Israel's 180 

If, on a quiet sea 663 

In every trying hour . . 623 

It is the Lord, who 274 

Jesus, my Lord, my 625 

My span of life will 192 

My sufferings all to 456 

Now to the haven of 234 

O God, thou art my 536 

O God, thy faithfulness. . 881 

O God, to thee we 377 

O Lord, my best desire. . 280 

O Thou from whom 12 

O Thou, who driest 334 

O who in such a 172 

Peace, doubting heart... 783 

Peace, troubled soul. . . . 434 

Saviour, now in me 1051 

Saviour of all, what 794 

Since all the varying 186 

Son of God, thy blessing 905 

Still nigh me, Omy 776 

Still on the Lord thy ... . 90 

Submissively, my God. . . €95 

Thee, Jesus, full of 289 

Though troubles 1066 

Though waves and 839 

Thou refuge of my 616 

Thou rock of my salva- 304 

Thy every suffering 789 

Thy gracious presence. . . 198 

We journey through 208 

When Israel, of the 573 

When power divine 471 

Why is my heart 470 

Why, O my soul, O 272 

With trouble laden 281 

Steadfastness and Growth in 
Grace. 

Are there not in the 896 

Arise my soul, on 519 



Awake my soul, stretch . 25 

Behold, I come with 155 

Behold, the servant 812 

Be it my only wisdom. . . 890 
Children of the heavenly. 838 
Father, into thy hands. . . 105 
Father, supply my every 

need 440 

God is our refuge 432 

God of all grace and. ... 175 

Grant me within thy 185 

Guide me, O thou 999 

Had I the gift of 732 

Happy the meek 473 

How vain are all 148 

Humble and teachable. . . 832 
If, Lord, I have accept- 442 

I'm not ashamed to 75 

In every time and 765 

I thank thee, uncreated . . 844 

Jesus, and shall it 552 

Jesus, the gift divine 409 

Jesus, thy boundless 819 

Leader of faithful 827 

Let worldly minds 298 

Lord, I am thine, entirely 547 

Lord, I believe thy 253 

Lord, if thou hast y47 

Lord, in the strength 762 

Lord, in thy hand 679 

Lord over all, sent 834 

Loving Jesus, gentle ... 901 

Master, I own thy 810 

My God, I know, I 49 

My gracious Lord, I 401 

O love, thy sovereign 387 

O thou, to whose all 498 

O thou, who hast, at. ... 499 
Return, my soul, unto. . . 11 

Still for thy loving 293 

The Lord is my shepherd . 1062 
The Lord my pasture . . . 807 
Thou hidden love of 786 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



225 



No. of Hymn 
Thou, Lord, on whom... 803 
Thou seest our weakness 619 

Thy way is in the 633 

Vain are all terrestrial. . . 995 



No. of Hvmn 

Vain, delusive world 1048 

Walk in the light 182 

Watch 1 d by the world's.. 778 
What now is my object. .1057 



No. of Hymn 

When all thy mercies 136 

Which of the monarchs.. 91 

Ye faithful souls 517 

Ye simple souls that 1117 



Unfaithfulness Mourned. 

Ah, Lord, with trembling 342 

And wilt thou yet 622 

As pants the hart 201 

Gracious Redeemer 728 

Jesus, shall I never. ... 903 
Jesus, the all-restoring. . 307 
Long have I seemed. . . . 310 
My drowsy powers . . — 176 
O for that flame of ..... . 504 

O God, how often 798 

O thou who all things. . . 426 



HUMILIATION. 

O 'tis enough, my 820 

O where is now that . . . . 386 
When, O my Saviour. ... 399 

Backslidings Lamented, 

Confined by Babel's 1211 

Far from the Lord 1198 

God of unspotted 570 

How oft this wretched . . 598 
How shall a lost sinner. .1034 
Jesus, friend of sinners. 1056 
Jesus, if thy free grace.. 638 



Lord, and is thine 1058 

O for a closer walk 10 

O Jesus, full of grace . . . 739 
O Jesus, full of truth .... 41 1 
O speak that word ..... 758 
O that I were as here . . . 278 
O thtfu, whose mercy — 635 
Saviour, I now, with — 463 
Sweet was the time. .. 259 
Times without number . . 267 
Where is the Saviour . . . 856 
Yes, from this instant... 805 



Deliverance from Trouble. 

Away, my needless 640 

Head of the church .... 1107 
How do thy mercies. . . . 344 

How tender is thy 666 

I love the Lord : he 13 

I love to tell 1168 

I've found a friend 1161 

I was once far away 1158 

Oesus, to thee our . 797 

Lord, thou hast heard. . . 224 

Lord, when to thee 45 

Mine eyes have ..1169 

Now from oppression. ..1157 

O bless the Lord 653 

O thou, who when 276 

The tempter to my 358 

Thou very present 760 

We praise thee, O God . . 1154 
What sweet reflection . ,1188 
While thou art intimately 478 
Worship and thanks 1109 

Communion with God. 

As one who sits 1191 

Come, bright pilgrim . . . 1190 

Come, thou fount of 1008 

Come, ye that love 609 

Father, in whom we 615 

God of my life, what 533 



KEJOICING. 

How happy, gracious 870 

How tedious and 1023 

I'll praise my maker 831 

Jesus, take all the 1110 

Lord, I delight in 674 

Mid scenes of 1189 

My God, I am thine 693 

My God— my life 652 

My God, my portion. ,.. . 144 

My God, the spring 85 

My heart is fix'd . " . . . . 586 
My Saviour, my Almighty 356 
My shepherd's mighty. . .1107 
O for a thousand seraph. 84 

Othou God of my 993 

O 'tis delight without .... 26 

Rejoice, the Lord is 867 

Spirit of holiness 766 

Talk with us, Lord 203 

The glorious armies 100 

Thou hidden source 779 

Thou, Lord, art God .... 748 
Thou shepherd of Israel. 1031 

Thou uncreated 1192 

Yes, I will bless thee 257 

Prospect of Heaven. 

And let this feeble 135 

A stranger in the world . . 154 
Away with our sorrow . . 1025 



Come, let us anew our . . 1071 

Come, let us ascend 1067 

Come, let us join our 102 

Come on, my partners. . . 871 
Far from these scenes. . . 675 
Forever with the Lord . . 629 

Give me the wings 56 

Happy the souls to 78 

How happy every 153 

How happy is the 894 

I long to behold 1019 

I would not live alway. .1130 

Jerusalem, my happy 27 

Jesus is our common 971 

Lift your eyes of 973 

Lo 1 round the throne . . . 378 

No need of the sun 1032 

On Jordan's stormy 167 

Our old companions . 194 

O what a mighty change . 761 
O when shall we sweet. .1018 

Rise, my soul, and 1038 

Saviour of sinful men 725 

The God of Abr'ham .... 1100 

The God who reigns 1104 

There is a land of 138 

There is an hour of 146 

Though nature's strengthll06 

We know, by faith 724 

W hile through this 644 

Who are these array' d. . . 970 



EKEOTION OF CHUECHES. 



Laying a Corner-stone. 

Behold the sure founda- 48 
On this stone, now . . 921 

This stone to thee in 443 

Thou who hast in 1065 

When to the exiled 382 



Dedication. 

And will the great 362 

Great is the Lord our . . . 650 

Great King of glory 861 

Lord of hosts, to thee we 927 
Not heaven's wide . . 479 



O God, through countless 88 

On earth, ere Christ 1201 

The perfect world by 445 

This temple built to God 1202 
Thou, who on the whirl- 
wind ridest ..1003 



226 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



No. of Hymn 
Almighty God cf love. . . 613 
Almignty Spirit, now .... 232 

Arise, great God, and 518 

Arm of the Lord, awake 362 
Assembled at thy great. . 375 
Behold the heathen . . 416 

Father of boundless 681 

Father of mercies, conde- 110 
Flung to the heedless . . .1128 

From Greenland's 1108 

Go, ye messengers of 914 

Hark! the song of jubilee 977 
Hasten, Lord, the 913 



MISSIONARY. 

No. of Hymn 

Head of the church 379 

He ! reapers of 1177 

Jesus, immortal King 79 

Jesus shall reign 466 

Jesus, thy church 531 

Let God, who comforts. . 792 
Lord, visit thy forsaken. 538 

O God of sovereign 688 

Ojoin ye the anthem 1092 

Onward speed thy 1180 

O thou whom we adore . . 599 

O what are you 1163 

Roll on, thou mighty 873 



No. of Hymn 

Saviour we know 848 

See how great a flame. . . 972 
Shepherd of souls, with. 548 

Soon may the last 349 

Sovereign of worlds 419 

The law and prophets. . . 480 

The nations of the 704 

Though now the nation . . 589 
Thou whose almighty . . . 1096 

To bless thy chosen 714 

Watchman, tell us of . . 976 
When shall the voice. . . 1113 



SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 



By cool Siloam's 141 

Come, Father, Son 384 

Delightful work, young . . 351 
Hosanna be the children's 243 



Mighty One, before 934 

My days are gliding 1181 

O Lord, our schools 1215 

O Wisdom, whose 287 



There is a glorious 244 

We bring no glitt'ring. . .1115 

What are those souls 403 

When Jesus left his 325 



Public Fasts. 

Behold, O Lord, before.. 147 

Come, let our souls , . 51 

Dread Jehovah, God . . . 1006 
Je*us, to thee we fly — 703 
O God, thy righteousness 826 
Sinners, the call obey 686 

Thanksgivings. 

Eternal source of 354 

Fountain of mercy 106 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

Great God of nations 500 

The God of harvest 1097 

Peace. 

A nation God delights ... 891 
Great ruler of the 586 

Our Country. 

Great God, beneath 520 

Lord, while for all 169 



O God, our plea 1195 

O Lord, our fathers 50 



Charitable and Benevolent. 

Again the kind revolving 24 

Father of mercies 110 

Help us, O Lord, thy ... . 381 

High on a throne of « 240 

How blest the children. . 285 



All praise to the Lord. . .1073 

Glory to thee, whose 363 

How are thy servants ... 77 
Jesus, most holy one 1182 



MARINERS. 

Lord of earth, and 1059 

Lord of the wide, exten- 
sive main 511 

Lord, whom winds 937 



O Thou, who has spread 1087 

They that toil upon 935 

When o'er the deep 606 

When through the . . ... 1122 



TIME AND ETERNITY. 



Watch-Night. 

Hearken to the solemn . 

How many pass the 

Join, all ye ransom'd . . . 
While with ceaseless . . . 
Wisdom ascribe, and... 
Ye virgin souls, arise . . . 

New Year. 

Come, let us anew , 



Come, let us use the 123 

Sing to the great Jehovah 174 

The Lord of earth 857 

The years roll on 1212 

Brevity and Uncertainty of 
Life. 

Almighty maker of 429 

.1099 How swift the torrent... 682 



1039 
830 
162 
978 
847 
564 



Lo ! on a narrow neck. . . 887 

Lord, let me know 759 

O God, our help in 161 

Our few, revolving 596 

Pass a few swiftly fleeting 452 

Shrinking from the 427 

Thee, we adore, eternal . 47 
Tremendous God, with. . 525 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



227 



DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



No. of Hymn 

And am I born to die 687 

And am I only born 877 

And must this body 600 

Friend after friend 1123 

Happy soul, thy days — 1013 
Hark I a voice divides. . . 979 
Hark 1 from the tombs.. 315 
Hark to the solemn bell. 1187 
He's gone, the spotless.. 818 
Hosanna to Jesus on . . 1021 
How blest is our brother 1027 
How blest the righteous. 431 

How sweet the hour 430 

I am now a child 1164 

I call the world's Redeem- 772 
Iloye to stay ...1177 



No. of Hymn 



I long for the land 1185 

I will sing you 1152 

Jesus, was ever love 781 

Lo ! the pris'ner is 982 

Man dieth and wasteth. .1035 

Mourner 1 why this 1179 

O for an overcoming . . . 294 
O for the death ol those. 617 

One sweetly solemn 1162 

Our brother the haven . . . 1200 

Owhat amazing 1196 

Our great Creator 750 

Servant of God, well. . . . 683 

Shall man, O God 584 

Spirit, leave thy house . . 969 
The cruel grave 1209 



No. of Hymn 

The morning flowers 527 

The saints who die 450 

This mortal sleeps H99 

Thou art gone to 1188 

Through sorrow's night. 21 
Thy life I read, my . . 319 
To thee, O God, when ... 189 
Unveil thy bosom . ... 436 
Weep not for a brother. .1037 

When ahall we meet 1173 

When the last trumpet. . 53 

Why do we mourn 42 

Why should our tears ... 130 
Why should we lament. . 985 

Why should we start 550 

Your risen Lord 1207 



THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 



And must I be to 44 

Behold ! with awful 692 

Great God, what do I . . 795 

He comes 1 He comes. . . 587 

How happy are the 892 

In expectation sweet 699 



In the sun, and moon. . . 933 
Jesus, faithful to his .... 1083 

Jesus, to thy dear 117 

Lift your heads, ye 986 

Lo 1 he comes with 990 

Saints and sinners 1213 



Stand the omnipotent . . . 1060 

That awful day will 19 

The day of wrath 557 

The great archangel 588 

The Judge of quick 689 

Wo to the men on 338 



CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 



Blest be the dear 260 

Christians, brethren 932 

Come, thy soul-trans- . . . 988 
God of all consolation . . . 1116 



Jesus, accept the praise . . 858 I 
Lord, dismiss us with . . . 1081 | 
Lord, dismiss us with.. .1001 I 
May the grace of Christ. 1082 | 



Now may he who from. . 931 

Now may the God 96 

O God, by whom the. . . . 330 



All praise to the Father. 1145 
Faiher, Son, and Holy. . .1146 
Great Jehovah, we adore 1143 
Immortal honor, endless 1137 
Now to the great and . . .1138 

O Father Almighty 1068 

Praise God from whom. .1133 



DOXOLOGIES. 

j Praise the God of our. . .1144 

Praise the name of 1142 

I Sing we to our God 1141 

I The God of mercy 1135 

I To Father. Son (the) .... 1140 
To Father, Son (who) . . .1134 
I To Father, Son (as) 1147 



To Father, Son (Etern) . . 1098 
To God, the Father, Son 1136 
To God, the Father, Son 1148 
To God the Father's .... 1139 
To thee be praise for 1150 



INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 



No. of Hymn. 

967 Abba, Father, hear thy C. Wesley 

532 Abraham, when severely C. Wesley 

220 According to thy Montgomery 

632 A charge to keep I have C. Wesley 

1077 A fountain of life and of C. Wesley 

24 Again the kind revolving C. Wesley 

731 A goodly, formal saint C. Wesley 

597 Ah, how shall fallen man Epis. Coll. 

342 Ah, Lord, with trembling . . . C. Wesley 

595 Ah, whither should I go C. Wesley 

114 Alas, and did my Saviour bleed, Watts 

1090 All glory and praise to C. Wesley 

1028 All glory to God in the sky . . C. Wesley 
131 All glory to the dying Lamb Watts 

1074 All hail 1 happy day C. Wesley 

2 All hail the power of Jesus . .Perronet 
1208 All o'er the world I sought. .Marshall 
. 198 All praise to Him who C. Wesley 

336 All praise to our redeeming, C. Wesley 

1145 All praise to the Father Unknown 

1086 All praise to the Lamb ! C. Wesley 

1073 All praise to the Lord, who, C. Wesley 

1070 All thanks to the Lamb C. Wesley 

784 All things are possible to C. Wesley 

263 All-wise, almighty, and.. .Montgomery 
733 All yesterday is gone Pratt's Coll. 

613 Almighty God of love C. Wesley 

695 Almighty Maker, God Watts 

429 Almighty Maker of my frame. ..Steele 
232 Almighty Spirit, now Montgomery 

3 Am I a soldier of the cross Watts 

891 A nation God delights to. ...C. Wesley 

687 And am I born to die C. Wesley 

877 And am I only born to die . . . C. Wesley 

662 And are we yet alive C. Wesley 

786 And can it be that I C. Wesley 

592 And can I yet delay C. Wesley 

204 And can my heart aspire so Steele 

313 And did the holy and the just Steele 

614 And let our bodies part C. Wesley 

135 And let this feeble body C. Wesley 

44 And must I be to judgment. . C. Wesley 

600 And must this body die Watts 

392 And will the great Doddridge 

622 And wilt thou yet be C. Wesley 

496 Angel of convenanted grace, C. Wesley 
991 Angels, from the realms . .Montgomery 

643 Angels our march oppose C. Wesley 

1089 Appointed by thee, we C. Wesley 

896 Are there not in the lab'rers, J. Wesley 
611 Arise and bless the Lord, Montgomery 

518 Arise, great God ! and let Merrick 

852 Arise, my soul, arise C. Wesley 

519 Arise my soul, on wings. . Ch. Psalm y 
428 Arise, my soul, with rapture Epis. Col. 

655 Arise, ye saints, arise Anon 

446 Arm me with thy whole J. Wesley 

364 Arm of the Lord, awake, put.Shrubsole 
362 Arm of the Lord, awake, thine. C. W y y 

1203 A soldier I would be Stilt 

1191 As one who sits at evening Smith 

201 As pants the heart for. . Tate & Brady 
375 Assembled at thy great Colly er 



No. of Hymn. 

678 As strangers here below Conder*s Coll. 

154 A stranger in the world C. Wesley 

181 A thousand oracles divine. . . C. Wesley 

415 Author of faith, eternal C. Wesley 

878 Author of faith, to thee I . . . C. Wesley 
376 Author of faith, w e seek ...C. Wesley 
273 Author of good, we rest on. .Merrick 

495 Author of our salvation C. Wesley 

751 Awake, and sing the song . .Hammond 

460 Awaked from sin's Ch. Psalmody 

361 Awake, Jerusalem, awake . . C. Wesley 
551 Awake, my soul, and with Ken 

25 Awake, my soul 1 stretch . . . Doddridge 
76 Awake, my soul, to meet. . .Doddridge 

860 Awake, ye saints, awake Anon 

640 Away, my needless fears . . . C. Wesley 
352 Away, my unbelieving fear. . C. Wesley 
1025 Awsy with our sorrow and. . C. Wesley 

1084 Baptized into thy name C. Wesley 

311 Because for me the Saviour . C. Wesley 
369 Before Jehovah's awful throne. . Watts 
163 Before thy mercy-seat, O . . . Bathurst 

155 Behold I I come with joy C. Wesley 

147 Behold, O Lord, before thy Steele 

389 Behold the Christian Montgomery 

416 Behold, the heathen waits to Voke 

213 Behold the Saviour ot..S. Wesley, Sen. 
812 Behold the servant of the ... . C. Wesley 

48 Behold the sure foundation . ... Watts 
744 Behold the throne of grace — Newton 
282 Behold what condescend . . .Doddridge 

692 Behold, with awful pomp Hart 

335 Being of beings, God of C. Wesley 

890 Be it my only wisdom C. Wesley 

227 Beneath our feet, and o'er Heber 

607 Bid me of men beware C. Wesley 

648 Blest are the pure in heart Keble 

624 Blest are the sons of peace Watts 

156 Blest be our everlasting C. Wesley 

260 Blest be the dear uniting C. Wesley 

621 Blest be the tie that binds Fawcett 

649 Blest comforter divine. .... .Pres. Coll. 

836 Blow ye the trumpet, blow. . C. Wesley 

1205 Bowing at thy cross, O Jesus. . . White 
424 Brethren in Christ, and . . . . C. Wesley 
917 Bright and joyful is the . .' .Montgomery 

1125 Brightest and best of the sons ..Heber 

98 Bright was the guiding star Lyte 

889 But can it be that I should . . C. Wesley 

141 By cool Siloam's shady rill Heber 

444 By faith I to the fountain ...C. Wesley 
959 By thy birth, and by thy tears. . . Grant 

729 CaiPd from above, Irise C. Wesley 

780 Captain of our salvation C. Wesley 

1053 Cast on the fidelity. C. Wesley 

952 Centre of our hopes thou C. Wesley 

583 Chastised by an indulgent.. .C. Wesley 

938 Children of the heavenly Cennick 

981 Christ, from whom all C. Wesley 

932 Christians, brethren, ere..H. K. White 

939 Christ, the Lord, is risen C. Wesley 



INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 



No. of Hymn. 

975 Come, and let us sweetly. . . C. Wesley 

1190 Come, bright pilgrim, come Clinton 

492 Come, Father, Son— Honour. C. Wesley 
301 Come, Father, Son— One . ... C. Wesley 
1076 Come, Father, Son— To . . . . C. Wesley 
384 Come, Father, Son— Whom . C. Wesley 
1030 Come, holy, celestial dove. . . C. Wesley 
804 Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick- C. Wesley 
67 Come, Holy Ghost, inspire Pratt's Coll. 
89 Come, Holy Ghost, our" hearts C. Wesley 

248 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Walls 

149 Come, humble sinner, in whose. .Jones 

51 Come, let our souls adore the Steele 

1099 Come, let us anew our— Roll C. Wesley 
1071 Come, let us anew our— With C. Wesley 

1067 Come, let us ascend C. Wesley 

30 Come, let us join our cheerful. . . Watts 
103 Come, let us join our friends C. Wesley 
87 Come, let us join with one . . C. Wesley 

549 Come, let us tune our loftiest. West 

123 Come, let us use the grace. . . C. Wesley 
139 Come, let us who in Christ . . C. Wesley 
205 Come, Lord, and claim me . . C. Wesley 

944 Come, my soul, thy suit Newton 

7 Come, O my God, the C. Wesley 

840 Come, O my guilty brethren . C. Wesley 

580 Come, O my soul, in Blacklock 

871 Come on, my partners in G. Wesley 

188 Come, O thou all-victorious . G. Wesley 
374 Come, O thou greater than. . C. Wesley 

769 Come, O thou traveller C. Wesley 

788 Come, O thou universal . C. Wesley 

502 Come, O ye sinners, to the . . G. Wesley 

133 Come quickly, gracious G. Wesley 

408 Come, Saviour, Jesus, from. .J. Wesley 

563 Come, sinners, to the C. Wesley 

668 Come, sound his praise abroad . . Watts 

697 Come, Spirit, source of . Beddome 

1095 Come, thou Almighty King. . Unknown 

64 Come, thou desire of all thy Steele 

996 Come, thou everlasting C. Wesley 

1008 Come, thou Fount of Robinson 

966 Come, thou high and lofty. . . C. Wesley 
332 Come, thou omniscient Son . . G. Wesley 

988 Come, thou soul-transforming Jay 

1127 Come to Calvary's holy. . .Montgomery 
693 Come, weary sinners, come. . C. Wesley 
885 Come, wisdom, power and. . G. Wesley 

1129 Come, ye disconsolate Moore 

1007 Come, ye sinners, poor and Hart 

609 Come, ye that love the Lord Watts 

83 Come, ye that love the Saviour's Steele 

383 Comfort, ye ministers of C. Wesley 

680 Commit thou all thy griefs. . .J. Wesley 
1211 Confined by Babel's river-side Wheeler 
477 Cut me not off. almighty. . . .C. Wesley 



16 Daughter of Zion, from. . .Montgomery 

926 Day of God ! thou H.F. Gould 

907 Deathless spirit, now arise Toplady 

488 Deem not that they are blest. . .Bryant 

472 Deep are the wounds which Steele 

279 Deepen the wound thy C. Wesley 

251 Delightful work, young . . . . .Straphan 
899 Depth of mercy ! can there . . . C. Wesley 
620 Did Christ o'er sinners Beddome 

1193 Did Jesus die for you Gaskill 

385 Draw near, O Son of God . . . . C. Wesley 

1006 Dread Jehovah ! God of . . . . Cong. Coll 

849 Earnest of future bliss Toplaay 

1033 Encompass' d with clouds..^. Cheney 
709 Enthroned is Jesus now Judkin 



229 



No. of Hymn. 

62 Enthroned on high .... Humphries 

764 Equip me for the war C. Wesley 

508 Ere mountains rear'd Sp. of Psalms 

420 Eternal Beam of Light . . C. Wesley 
555 Eternal depth of love J. Wesley 

35 Eternal power, Almighty God .. .Steele 
522 Eternal power whose high . . . . Watts 
354 Eternal source of every Doddridge 

206 Eternal source of joys divine . . Steele 
328 Eternal Spirit, God of truth. Unknown 

74 Eternal Wisdom I thee we Watts 

1063 Ever fainting with desire C. Wesley 

888 Except the Lord conduct C. Wesley 
447 Except the Lord our labours .Bat hurst 
1079 Expand the wings, celestial. C. Wesley 
482 Extended on a cursed tree. . .J. Wesley 

345 Far from my thoughts, vain Watts 

1198 Far from the Lord Jones 

675 Far from these scenes of night. .Steele 
81 Far from the world, O Lord. . . Cowper 
945 Father, at thy footstool, see. C. Wesley 
302 Father, behold with C. Wesley 

209 Father, Civine, thy Doddridge 

963 Father, glorify thy Son C. Wesley 

1016 father, hear the blood of . . . . C. Wesley 

142 Father, how wide thy glory Watts 

745 Father, I dare believe C. Wesley 

459 Father^ if I may call thee C, Wesley 

1052 Father, if thou must C. Wesley 

105 Father, into thy hands C. Wesley 

615 Father, in whom we live C. Wesley 

171 Father, I stretch my hands. . C. Wesley 

207 Father, I wait before thy Watts 

210 Father of all, in whom C. Wesley 

394 Father of alljwhose J. Wesley 

681 Father of boundless grace . . C. Wesley 

922 Father of eternal grace G. Wesley 

791 Father of everlasting grace, Be " 

823 Father of everlasting grace. Thy " 
569 Father of heaven, whose . . Pratt's Coll. 
212 Father of Jesus Christ, my— My G. Wy 

71 Father of Jesus Christ, my— I. . . C. Wy 

824 Father of Jesus Christ, the . . G. Wesley 
833 Father of lights, from G. Wesley 

268 Father of lights, thy needful. C. Wesley 

173 Father of me, and all (7, Wesley 

528 Father of mercies, bow < . ... Beddome 
110 Father of mercies, condescend .Morell 

93 Father of mercies, in thy. Steele 

269 Father of mercies, send Doddridge 

1044 Father of our dying Lord G. Wesley 

1124 Father of spirits, hear our Bond 

97 Father of spirits, nature. Sp. of Psalms 
749 Father, our hearts, we lift. . . O. Wesley 

1146 Father, Son and Holy G., Thy 
951 Father, Son and Holy G., One " 

440 Father, supply my every G. Wesley 

125 Father, to thee my soul I . . . G. Wesley 

1128 Flung to the heedless winds. . .Luther 
28 Forever here my rest shall . . G. Wesley 

629 Forever with the Lord Montgomery 

535 Forewarn'd by my C. Wesley 

417 Forth in thy name, O Lord . . . C. Wesley 
252 Fountain of life, to all C. Wesley 

106 Fountain of mercy Christ. Psalmist 

1123 Friend after friend Montgomery 

340 From all that dwell below the. . . Watts 

542 From Calvary a cry Cunningha7n 

347 From every stormy wind Stowell 

1108 From Greenland's icy Heber 

954 From the cross uplifted high . .Haweis 
218 From whence these direful. . S. Wy, Jr 

1015 Full of trembling expecta- . . C. Wesley 



230 



INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 



No. of Hymn. 

56 Give me the wings of faith Watts 

333 Giver and guardian C. Wesley 

306 Giver of concord, prince C. Wesley 

561 Giver of peace and unity C. Wesley 

661 Give to the winds thy J. Wesley 

605 Glad was my heart to . ... Montgomery 

998 Glorious things of thee Newton 

974 Glory be to God above C. Wesley 

915 Glory be to God on high Hart 

658 Glory to God on high C. Wesley 

575 Glory to God, whose C. Wesley 

1004 Glory to the almighty . .Bathurst 

521 Giory to thee, my^God, this Ken. 

339 Glory to thee, thou C. Wesley 

363 Glory to thee, whose C. Wesley 

1160 God be with you 'til Rankin 

537 God is a name my soul adores . . . Watts 

863 God is gone up on high . C. Wesley 

2io God is in this and every C. Wesley 

1113 God is my strong Montgomery 

432 God is our refuge and Montgomery 

72 God moves in a mysterious Cowper 

159 God of all consolation, take..C Wesley 

1116 God of all consolation, the.. .C. Wesley 

175 God of all grace and C. Wesley 

341 God of all power, and C. Wesley 

742 God of almighty love C. Wesley 

214 God of eternal truth and grace. . C. Wy 
850 God of eternal truth and love C. Wesley 

923 God of love, who nearest C. Wesley 

412 God of my life , through . ... Doddridge 

346 God of my life, to thee I call Confer 

855 God of my life, to thee, my . . C. Wesley 
533 God of my life, what just ....C. Wesley 
360 God of my life, whose . . . . . C. Wesley 

1061 God of my salvation, hear . . . C. Wesley 

483 God of my strength, in Wrangham 

180 God of thine Israel's C. Wesley 

1046 God of unexampled grace. . . . C. Wesley 

570 God of unspotted purity C. Wesley 

664 God's holy law transgress'd ..Beddome 
541 Go, preach my gospel, saith .... Watts 
914 Go, ye messengers of God . . . Marsden 
651 Grace, 'tis a charming Doddridge 

1041 Gracious God, my sins C. Wesley 

728 Gracious Redeemer, shake . . C. Wesley 

924 Gracious spirit, love divine . . . Stocker 

185 Grant me within thy . .Montgomery 

157 Great first of beings Boston Coll. 

685 Great God, accept a heart . . . C. Wesley 

380 Great God, attend, while Watts 

520 Great God, beneath whose Roscoe 

564 Great God, indulge my Watts 

391 Great God, let all our Heginbotham 

676 Great God, now condescend,. .Fellows 

500 Great God of nations The Psalmist 

841 Great God, this hallow'd ...C. Wesley 
108 Great God, to me the sight. . C. Wesley 

255 Great God, to thee my Steele 

795 Great God, what do I see Luther 

650 Great is the Lord our God . . . Watts 

1143 Great Jehovah ! we adore. .. Unknown 

861 Great King of glory, come Francis 

586 Great Ruler of the earth Steele 

270 Great Shepherd of thy Newton 

579 Great Source of being Doddridge 

33 Great Spirit, by whose Haweis 

999 Guide me, O thou great Oliver 

732 Had I the gift of tongues Stennett 

235 Hail ! Father, Son and ...... C. Wesley 

295 Hail ! Father, whose. . . .S. Wesley, Jr. 

195 Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord .C. Wesley 
60 Hail! sacred truth Baptist Coll. 



No. of Hymn. 

928 Hail ! the day that sees C. Wesley 

1009 Hail ! thou once despised Bakewell 

1114 Hail ! to the Lord's Mo?itgo7nery 

604 Hail ! to the Sabbath-day Bulfinch 

1013 Happy soul, thy days are C. Wesley 

961 Happy soul, who sees the C. Wesley 

372 Happy the man who finds . . . C. Wesley 
473 Happy the meek, whose gentle.. .Seott 

78 Happy the souls to Jesus C. Wesley 

979 Hark ! a voice divides the . . . C. Wesley 

315 Hark ! from the tombs a Watts 

835 Hark ! how the gospel Medley 

752 Hark ! how the watchmen . . C. Wesley 

916 Hark ! my soul, it is the Cowper 

14 Hark ! the glad sound ! Doddridge 

940 Hark ! the herald angels C. Wesley 

1005 Hark ! the notes of angels Kelly 

977 Hark ! the song of Montgomery 

992 Hark! the voice of Francis 

1186 Hark ! to the solemn bell. . . Unknown 

1024 Hark ! what mean those Cawood 

913 Hasten, Lord, the glorious Lyte 

906 Hasten, sinner, to be wise T. Scott 

1107 Head of the Church triumphant C. Wy 

379 Head of the Church, whose. . C. Wesley 

193 Hear, gracious God, my Steele 

1039 Hearken to the solemn C. Wesley 

960 Hearts of stone, relent C. Wesley 

1014 Hear what God, the Lord Cozvfer 

930 Heavenly Father Salisbury Coll. 

587 He comes ! He comes ! C. Wesley 

487 He dies ! the friend of sinners. . . Watts 

882 Help, Lord, to whom for C. Wesley 

381 Help us, O Lord, thy yoke Anon 

818 He's gone, the spotless C. Wesley 

465 He wills that I should C. YSesley 

240 High on a throne of light. Pratfs Coil. 

402 High on his everlasting J. Wesley 

509 Ho ! everyone that thirsts ...J. Wesley 

524 Holy, and true, and C. Wesley 

507 Holy as thou, O Lord, is none C. Wesley 

997 Holy Ghost, dispel our Anon 

943 Holy, holy, holy Lord C. Wesley 

907 Holy Lamb, who thee J. Wesley 

1171 Holy Spirit, faithful guide Wells 

1000 Holy Spirit, fount of blessing . . , Anon 
1175 Ho ! reaper of lifers harvest — — 

243 Hosanna, be the Montgomery 

1021 Hosanna to Jesus on high. . . C. Wesley 

77 How are thy servants Addison 

672 How beauteous are their feet. . . Watts 
1027 How blest is our brother ... . C. Wesley 

285 How blest the children of . . Lyte 

431 How blest the righteous Barbauld 

717 How can a sinner know C. Wesley 

344 How do thy mercies C. Wesley 

137 How great the wisdom Beddome 

892 How happy are the little C. Wesley 

153 How happy every child C. Wesley 

870 How happy, gracious Lord.. C. Wesley 
894 How happy is the pilgrim's. .J. Wesley 
1036 How happy the sorrowful . . . C. Wesley 

671 How helpless nature lies Steele 

109 How large the promise, how Watts 

830 How many pass the guilty. . . C. Wesley 
121 How oft have I the Spirit . . C. Wesley 

598 How oft this wretched heart Steele 

711 How perfect is thy A Itered from Watts 

1172 How pleased and blest was I 

196 How precious is the book. . ..Fawcett 
104 How sad our state by nature — Watts 

1034 How shall a lost sinner C. Wesley 

454 How sweetly fiow'd the Bowring 

430 How sweet the hour of Bathurst 



INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 



231 



No. of Hymn. , 

178 How sweet the name of Newton 

6S2 How swift the torrent Doddridge 

1023 How tedious and tasteless Ne-uton 

666 How tender is thy hand Hastings 

148 How vain are all things here Watts 

832 Humble and teachable C. Wesley 

1164 I am now a child of God Parker 

874 I and my house will serve. . .G. Wesley 
305 I ask the gitt of righteousness. .C. JVy 
772 I call the world's Redeemer. G. Wesley 

1216 I cannot understand thee Bloice 

876 If death our friends and us. . G. Wesley 
115 If human kindness meets ..NoeVs Coll. 
442 If, Lord, I have acceptance. . C. Wesley 

663 If, on a quiet sea Unknown 

1161 I found a friend in Jesus Gill 

312 If thou impart thyself C. Wesley 

1159 I heard the voice of Jesus say . . .Bonai 
92 I know that my Redeemer lives, 

and ever prays for me . . .C. Wesley 
407 I know that my Redeemer lives— 

What Medley 

726 I listen for the voice C. Wesley 

831 I'll praise my Maker while Watts 

1019 I long to behold him G. Wesley 

13 I love the Lord ; he heard Watts 

757 I love thy kingdom, Lord Dwxght 

1185 I long for the land of the blest.. 

1177 I love to stay where my mother. 

86 I love to steal a while. . . . , Mrs. Brown 
1168 I love to tell the story — Kate Rankey 
1137 Immortal honour, endless .... Dryden 

75 I'm not ashamed to own Watts 

1187 I'm trying to climb .Phillips 

10^5 In age and feebleness C. Wesley 

317 In answer to ten thousand . . C. Wesley 

765 In every time and place C. Wesley 

623 In every trying hour.. Coombs 

699 In expectation sweet Anon 

128 Infinite excellence is thine Fawcett 

851 Infinite God, to thee we C. Wesley 

239 In hope against all human . . . C. Wesley 

101 In mercy, Lord, remember me Bice 

1153 In some way or other Ellen Gage 

637 In sorrow I lament ..Stenneit 

1026 Inspirer and hearer of Toplady 

774 In that sad, memorable C. J Lesley 

933 In the sun, and moon, and Heber 

989 In thy name, O Lord Kelley 

947 In thy presence we Montgomery 

343 Into thy gracious hands I. . . J. Wesley 

1166 1 saw a way-worn traveler 

271 Is there a thing too hard G. Wesley 

844 I thank thee, uncreated J. Wesley 

673 I the good fight have fought. C. Wesley 

333 I thirst, thou wounded J. Wesley 

274 It is the Lord, who doth C. Wesley 

627 I want a heart to pray C. Wesley 

168 I want a principle within. . . C. Wesley 

1158 I was far away from Phillips 

1152 I will sing you a song Phillips 

150 I would be thine, O take. . .Beed's Coll. 
1130 I would not live alway Muhlenberg 

166 Jehovah, God the Father. . . . C. Wesley 

187 Jehovah, God, thy Dr. Thompson 

27 Jerusalem, my happy Unknown 

858 Jesus, accept the praise C. Wesley 

929 Jesus, all-redeeming Lord. . .C. IT esley 

552 Jesus, and shall it ever be Grigg 

292 Jesu3, at whose supreme . . . G. Wesley 
451 Jesus, a word, a look from. .G. Wesley 
962 Jesu3 Christ, who stands C. Wesley 



No. of Hymn. 

918 Jesus comes with all his O. Wesley 

1083 Jesus, faithful to his word . .C. Wesley 

1056 Jesus, friend of sinners G. Wesley 

366 Jesus, from whom all G. Wesley 

893 Jesus, fulfill our one desire. . G. Wesley 

258 Jesus, great Shepherd of G. Wesley 

246 Jesus, hath died that I G. Wesley 

743 Jesus, I fain would find G. Wesley 

582 Jesus, I fain would walk G. Wesley 

813 Jesus, if still the same thou. . C. Wesley 

321 Jesus, if still thou art G. Wesley 

638 Jesus, if thy free grace G. Wesley 

79 Jesus, immortal King, arise Burder 

505 Jesus, in whom the C. Wesley 

771 Jesus, is our common Lord ,C. Wesley 
910 Jesus, kind, inviting Lord . . C. Wesley 

1048 Jesus, let thy pitying eye G. Wesley 

92 Jesus, Lord, we look to G. Wesley 

964 Jesus, lover my of soul C. Wesley 

1182 Jesus, most holy one « 

534 Jesus, my advocate above. . . C. Wesley 

373 Jesus, my all, to heaven is Cennick 

296 Jesus, my life, thyself C. Wesley 

700 Jesus, my Lord, attend C. Wesley 

32 Jesus, my Lord, I cry to C. Wesley 

625 Jesus, my Lord, my God. . . . .Renwood 

546 Jesus, my Saviour C. Wesley 

249 Jesus, my strength and G. Wesley 

669 Jesus, my strength, my hope C. Wesley 

721 Jesus, my truth, my way O. Wesley 

461 Jesus, our best beloved. ..Montgomery 
948 Jesus, plant and root in me. . C. Wesley 
299 Jesus, Redeemer of mankind C. Wesley 
222 Jesus, Redeemer, Saviour.. . G. TP 'esley 

903 Jesus, shall I never be C. Wesley 

486 Jesus shall reign where'er Watts 

1010 Jesus spreads his banner It. Eart 

1110 Jesus, take all the glory G. JVesley 

307 Jesus, the all-restoring C. Wesley 

630 Jesus, the conqu'ror C. Wesley 

409 Jesus, the gift divine I C. Yfesley 

512 Jesus, the Lamb of God G. Wesley 

229 Jesus, the Life, the Truth. . .C. JVesley 

217 Jesus, the Lord of glory Unknown 

127 Jesus, the Name high G Wesley 

453 Jesus, the sinner's friend . . . G. Wesley 
225 Jesus, the sinner's rest thou. . Toplady 

715 Jesus, the word bestow G. Wesley 

254 Jesus, the word of mercy.. .G. W T esley 
197 Jesus, thine all-victorious ... G. Wesley 
94 Jesus, thou all-redeeming. . .C. Wesley 
1103 Jesus, thou art our King . . . G. Wesley 

441 Jesus, thou everlasting King Watts 

879 Jesus, thou soul of all our . . C. Wesley 

707 Jesus, thou source divine Steele 

798 Jesus, thou Sov'reignLord..G. JVesley 

393 Jesus, thy blood and J. Wesley 

819 Jesus, thy boundless love. . . C. Wesley 

531 Jesus ! thy Church with Bathurst 

576 Jesus, thy far-extended G. JVesley 

684 Jesus, thy servants bless. . G. Wesley 

448 Jesus, thy wandering . . . C. Wesley 

40 Jesus, to thee I now can G. JVesley 

797 Jesus, to thee our hearts G. Wesley 

703 Jesus, to thee we fly G. Wesley 

117 JesuS; to thy dear wounds.. . G. JVesley 
152 Jesus, united by thy grace. . . C. Wesley 

781 Jesus, was ever love like C. Wesley 

112 Jesus, we lift our souls to thee. . .Beck 

647 Jesus, we look to thee C. Wesley 

503 Jesus, we on the words C. Wesley 

754 Jesus, we thus obey C. Wesley 

406 Jesus, were'er thy people Cowper 

1022 Jesus, while our hearts are ..Eastings 



232 INDEX TO 



No. of Hymn. 

404 Jesus, whose glory's J. Wesley 

837 Join all the glorious names Watts 

162 Join, all ye randsom'd sons..C Wesley 

1054 Lamb of God, whose C. Wesley 

827 Leader of faithful souls C. Wesley 

250 Let all in whom the W. M. Bunting 

897 Let all on earth their voices Watts 

1210 Let all the world in wonder. . . Wheeler 

677 Let all who truly bear ,.C. Wesley 

865 Let earth and heaven C. Wesley 

18 Let every mortal ear attend Watts 

22 Let every tongue thy Watts 

792 Let God who comforts the ..C. Wesley 
61 Let Him to whom we now . . C. Wesley 

484 Let not the wise their C. Wesley 

727 Let party names no more Beddome 

140 Let the redeem'd give C. Wesley 

1055 Let the world their virtue. . .C. Wesley 

298 Let worldly minds the Newton 

107 Let Zion's watchmen all Doddridge 

29 Lift up your hearts to C. Wesley 

973 Lift your eyes of faith C. Wesley 

1119 Lift your glad voices in Ware 

986 Lift your heads, ye friends. . C. Wesley 
968 Light of life, seraphic fire. . .C. Wesley 
458 Light of the Gentile world. .C. Wesley 

1017 Light of those whose ., C. Wesley 

775 Lo 1 God is here ! let us J. Wesley 

990 Lo I He comes, with clouds. . C. Wesley 

310 Long have I seem'd to C. Wesley 

277 Look unto Christ, ye C. Wesley 

887 Lo ! on a narrow neck C. Wesley 

283 Lord, all I am is known Watts 

1058 Lord, and is thine anger C. Wesley 

41 Lord, at thy feet we sinners. . . .Brown 

1081 Lord, dismiss us with thy— Bid. . JJnkn. 

1001 Lord, dismiss us with thy— Fill Burdtr 

464 Lord, fill me with an C. Wesley 

712 Lord, God, the Holy Montgomery 

545 Lord, how secure and blest Watts 

768 Lord, how shall sinners Steele 

547 Lord, I am thine, entirely Davies 

237 Lord, I approach the Newton 

55 Lord, I believe a rest O. Wesley 

253 Lord, I believe thy every. . . . C. Wesley 

674 Lord, I delight in thee. By land 

423 Lord, I despair myself to .... C. Wesley 
737 Lord, if at thy command. . . . C. Wesley 
747 Lord, if thou hast bestow'd. C. Wesley 

124 Lord, in the morning thou Watts 

762 Lord, in the strength of C. Wesley 

679 Lord, in thy hand I lie C. Wesley 

759 Lord, let me know Montgomery 

1059 Lord of earth, and air C. Wesley 

927 Lord of hosts, to thee . . ..Montgomery 

1126 Lord of mercy and of might Heoer 

66 Lord of my life, O may thy Steele 

746 Lord of the harvest, hear . . . C. Wesley 
554 Lord of the Sabbath, hear . . Doddridge 

511 Lord of the wide C. Wesley 

853 Lord of the worlds above Watts 

834 Lord over all, sent to J. Wesley 

224 Lord, thou hast heard . . . .Boston Coll. 
122 Lord, thou wilt hear me when. . . Watts 

538 Lord, visit thy forsaken Epis. Coll. 

571 Lord, we are vile, conceived Watts 

510 Lord, we believe to us C. Wesley 

946 Lord, we come before Hammond 

45 Lord, when to thee my Anon 

88 Lord, when we bend .Pratt's Coll. 

169 Lord, while for all mankind . . Wreford 

937 Lord, whom winds and C. Wesley 

433 Lord, with a grieved and. . . ..Beddome 



THE HYMNS. 



No. of Hymn. 

378 Lo ! round the throne. ) Pearson's Coll. 

982 Lo ! the pris'ner is C. Wesley 

1012 Love divine, all love . . , C. Wesley 

327 Lovers of pleasure more C. Wesley 

901 Loving Jesus, gentle Lamb. . C. Wesley 

1035 Man dieth, and wasteth ..G. P. Morris 
810 Master, I own thy lawful. ...C. Wesley 
165 May I, throughout this C. Wesley 

1082 May the grace of Christ Newton 

1042 Meet and right it is to sing. . C. Wesley 

8 Mercy alone can meet Montgomery 

808 Messiah, joy of every heart. . C. Wesley 

1189 Mid scenes of sorrow here Jones 

934 Mighty One, before whose Bryant 

422 Millions within thy Montgomery 

1169 Mine eyes have seen Mrs. Howe 

73 Mortals, awake, with angels . . .Medley 

1179 Mourner why this fruitless sorrow 

1181 My days are gliding swiftly by . . . . 

176 My drowsy powers, why Watts 

1094 My faith looks up to thee. . .B. Palmer 

645 My former hopes are fled Cowper 

566 My God, how endless is thy Watts 

693 My God, I am thine, what . . C. Wesley 

49 My God, I know, I feel C. Wesley 

38 My God, my God, to thee C. Wesley 

652 My God, my life, my love Watts 

144 My God, my portion, and Watts 

85 My God, the spring of all Watts 

203 My God, thy service Doddridge 

401 My gracious Lord, I Doddridge 

556 My heart is flx'd on thee . . Wrangham 

396 My hope, my all, my Unknown 

713 My Maker and my King Steele 

356 My opening eyes with Epis. Coll. 

713 My Saviour, from the C. Wesley 

456 My Saviour, my almighty Watts 

1107 My Shepherd's mighty T. Roberts 

755 My son, know thou .... Village Hymns 

468 My soul before thee J. Wesley 

763 My soul, be on thy guard Heath 

514 My soul, through my C. Wesley 

421 My soul, with humble Livingston 

192 My span of life will Mrs. Cowper 

456 My sufferings all to thee C. Wesley 

1183 Nearer my God to thee. . .S. F. Adams 
1032 No need of the sun in that . . C. Wesley 
479 Not heaven's wide range. . . Wes. Mag. 
439 Not here, as to the prophet's . . Conder 
99 Now, even now, I yield, I...C. Wesley 
1157 Now from oppression Jacob 1 's. Phillips 

36 Now from tne altar of our Mason 

1080 Now I liave found the J. Wesley 

710 Now is the accepted time Dobell 

559 Nov/ let my soul, eter- . .Hepinbotham 
69 Now, Lord, fulfill thy faithful .... West 

931 Now may He who from the Newton 

96 Now may the God of peace . . Gibbons 

1138 Now to the great and Unknown 

234 Now to the haven of thy C. Wesley 

740 O all-creating God C. Wesley 

653 O bless the Lord my Montgomery 

720 O come and dwell in me C. Wesley 

895 O conquer this rebellious C. Wesley 

119 O could I lose myself in thee C. Wesley 
965 O disclose thy lovely face .... C. Wesley 

1068 O Father Almighty, to thee . . Unknown 

357 Of Him who did salvation. . . C. Wesley 
10 O for a closer walk with God. . Cowper 

309 O for a taith that will not Bathurst 

359 O for a glance of heavenly day Hart 



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233 



No. of Hymn. 
54 for a heart to praise my. . . C. Wesley 



294 for an overcoming faith Watts 

84 O for a thousand seraph C. Wesley 

1 O for a thousand tongues C. Wesley 

504 O tor that flame of living Bathurst 



23 O for that tenderness of heart. . C. Wy 
617 O for the death of . . . Church Psalmody 

1043 Oft I in my heart have said. . C. Wesley 
868 O glorious hope of perfect love. C. Wy 

330 O God. by whom the seed is Heber 

798 O God, how often hath. W. M Bunting 
513 God, most merciful and true. C. Wy 
380 O God, my God, my all thoxi.J. Wesley 
801 O God, my hope, my heavenly. . C. Wy 

103 O God of Bethel, by whose Logan 

829 O God, of good the unfathom'd.J. Wy 
688 O God of sovereign grace. .Bapt. Coll. 
161 O God, our help in ages past . . . Watts 

1195 O God, our plea to thee Moore 

132 O God, our strength 8p. of Psalms 

536 O God, thou art my God . . Montgomery 
494 O God, thou bottomless abyss. .J. Wy 
88 O God, though countless J.D.Knowles 

881 O God, thy faithfulness C. Wesley 

826 O God, thy righteousness . . C. Wesley 
377 O G04, to thee we raise. . Wilcock's Sel. 

437 O God, to whom in flesh C. Wesley 

261 O God, unseen, yet ever. .... Unknown 

247 O God, we praise thee, and Patrick 

816 O God, what offring shall ...J. Wesley 
320 O God, who madest earth and. . .Heber 

438 O happy day, that fix'd Doddridge 

608 O happy, happy place C. Wesley 

413 O holy, holy, holy Lord Conder 

1072 O, how happy are they C. Wesley 

1214 O, how often have I grieved Bloice 

1020 O, how shall a sinner C. Wesley 

37 O Jesus, at thy feet we wait. C. Wesley 

739 O Jesus, full of grace C. Wesley 

782 O Jesus, full of truth and grace — 

More C. Wesley 

411 O Jesus, full of truth and grace— 

O all-atoning C. Wesley 

1078 O Jesus, in pity draw near . . C. Wesley 
1092 O join ye the anthems of. . .NoeVs Coll. 
170 O joyful sound of gospel ... C. Wesley 

410 O King of glory thy rich J. Wesley 

875 O Lamb of God, for sinners . C. Wesley 
515 O let the prisoner's mournful C. Wesley 
326 O Lord, another day has. ..U.K. White 
280 O Lord, my best desire fulfill . . Cowper 
50 O Lord, our Fathers oft Tate & Brady 
231 O Lord, our King, how . . .Montgomery 

1215 O Lord, our schools with Biddls 

398 O Lord, thy heavenly grace Oberlin 

670 O Lord, thy work revive Hastings 

884 O love divine, how sweet. . . C. Wesley 

822 O love divine, what hast C. Wesley 

387 O love, thy sov'reign aid C. Wesley 

734 O may thy powerful word ... C. Wesley 
425 O might my lot be cast with . C. Wesley 

705 O my offended God C. Wesley 

368 On all the earth thy Spirit H. More 

17 Once more, my soul, the .... Watts 

4 Once more we come before Hart 

1201 On earth ere Christ Moore 

1162 One sweetly solemn thought .P. Carey 
167 On Jordan's stormy banks. .S. Stennett 
39 On thee, each morning, O my . . Kippis 

921 On this stone, now laid Pierpont 

912 On thy Church, O Power divine. . .Lyte 

1180 Onward speed thy conquering. . . 

590 O render thanks to Tate & Brady 

129 O Saviour, welcome Baptist Coll. 



[ No. of Hymn. 

758 O speak that word again Newton 

' 414 O Spirit of the living God. Montgomery 
58 O Sun of righteousness, arise J. Wesley 

20 O that I could my Lord C. Wesley 

601 O that I could repent, O C. Wesley 

593 O that I could repent, With— a Wesley 

667 O that I could revere C. Wesley 

278 O that I were as heretofore. . C. Wesley 

1206 O that my burdened soul Thomas 

371 O that my load of sin were . . C. Wesley 

331 O that thou wouldstthe C Wesley 

800 O thou eternal Victim slain . . C. Wesley 
958 O thou faithful God of love. C. Wesley 

12 O thou, from whom all Haweis 

993 O thou God of my salvation. C. We»ley 
955 O thou God who nearest ... . . Conder 
370 O thou great God, whose . . . Doddridge 
553 O thou our Saviour, Brother C. Wesley 
854 O thou that hearest prayer Pratt's Coll. 

708 O thou that wouldst not C. Wesley 

523 O thou to whom, in ancient. . .Pierjont 

498 O thou to whose all-searching ..J. W'y 
426 O thou who all things canst. .J. Wesley 

626 O thou, who art the light Bulmer 

567 O thou who earnest from above C. Wy 
334 O thou who driest the mourner's Moore 

499 O thou who hast at thy Cotteril 

872 O thou, who hast our sorrows. . C. Wy 

1087 O thou, who hast spread ..H.F. Gould 

316 O thou, who in the olive Hemans 

577 O thou, whom all thy saints . C. Wesley 
793 O thou, whom fain my soul. . C. Wesley 

543 O thou, whom once they C. Wesley 

599 O thou, whom we adore C. Wesley 

635 O thou, whose mercy hears Steele 

501 O thou, whose offering on. . . C. Wesley 
843 O thou, whose wise, paternal C. Wesley 
276 O thou, who when we did. . . C. Wesley 

26 O 'tis delight without alloy Watts 

820 O 'tis enough, my God, my. . C. Wesley 

1118 Our blest Redeemer .Lyte 

1200 Our brother the haven has gained Moore 
736 Our children thou dost . Salisbury Coll. 
184 Our Father, God, who art in . . .Judson 

596 Our few revolving years Beddome 

275 Our God is love, and Bicker steW s Coll. 

750 Our Creator, God C. Wesley 

646 Our heavenly Father . . . .Montgomery 
467 Our Lord is risen from the . . C. Wesley 

194 Our old companions in C. Wesley 

706 Our sins on Christ were laid ..Fawcett 
618 Out of the depths of wo. . .Montgomery 

1196 O what amazing bliss Jones 

179 O what amazing words of Medley 

761 O what a mighty change C. Wesley 

1163 O what are you going to do . . .Phillips 
660 O what delight is this C. Wesley 

1088 O what shall I do, my C. Wesley 

1018 O when shall we sweetly C. Wesley 

386 O where is now that glowing Kelly 

634 O where shall rest be Montgomery 

172 O who, in such a world. . .Montgomery 

318 O why should gloomy Hastings 

287 O Wisdom ! whose unfading . . . Heber 
811 O wondrous power of C. Wesley 

452 Pass a few swiftly fleeting . . C. Wesley 
783 Peace, doubting heart, my.. .C. Wesley 
434 Peace, troubled soul Unknown 

1155 Pilgrim burdened with thy sin .. 

6 Plunged in a gulf of dark Watts 

1133 Praise God, from whom all Ken. 

1144 Praise the God of our salvation Conder 

1142 Praise the name of God Unknown 



234 



INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 



No. of Hymn. 

578 Praise waits in Zion Sir J. E. Smith 

540 Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good Watts 

15 Praise ye the Lord, ye immortal. Watts 
562 Prayer is appointed to convey Hart 

52 Prayer is the soul's. Montgomery 

631 Pray without ceasing, pray.. C. Wesley 

904 Prince of peace, control my Anon 

694 Pris'ners of hope, arise C. Wesley 

817 Pris'ners of hope, be strong. C. Wesley 

770 Pris'ners of hope, lift up C. Wesley 

1101 Proclaim the lofty praise.. Mrs. Judson 

594 Prostrate at Jesus' feet Stennett 

873 Prostrate, with eyes of faith. C. Wesley 

506 Quicken'd with our immortal. . C. W'y 

738 Redeemer of mankind C. Wesley 

691 Rejoice in Jesus' birth C. Wesley 

867 Rejoice, the Lord is Kins;. . .C. Wesley 
565 Return, my soul, enjoy thy . Stennett 

11 Return, my soul, unto Montgomery 

111 Return, O wanderer, return Colyer 

1038 Rise, my soul, and stretch . . .Seagrave 

594 Rock of ages, cleft for me Toplady 

873 Roll on, thou mighty Pratt's Coll. 

1213 Saints and sinners hear the Price 

126 Salvation ! O the joyful sound . . . Watts 

1002 Saviour, breathe an .Edmeston 

1174 Saviour, breathe an evening. Edmeston 
787 Saviour from sin, I wait to. . C. Wesley 
463 Saviour, I now with shame. . C. Wesley 
1051 Saviour, now in me perform. C. Wesley 

418 Saviour of all, to thee we C. Wesley 

794 Saviour of all, what hast C. Wesley 

529 Saviour of men, thy searching. .C.W'y 

725 Saviour of sinful men. C. Wesley 

902 Saviour of the sin-sick soul.C. Wesley 

883 Saviour, on me the grace C. Wesley 

757 Saviour, Prince of Israel's race.C. W'y 
1064 Saviour, see me from above. G. Wesley 
1105 Saviour, the world's and ...J. Wesley 
848 Saviour, we know" thou art. . C. Wesley 

983 Saviour, when in dust to thee. . . Grant 

972 See how great a flame C. Wesley 

641 See how the morning sun Scott 

9 See Israel's gentle Doddridge 

70 See Jesus rising from the ..NoeVs Coll. 
211 See, Jesus, thy disciples see.C. Wesley 
845 See, sinners, in the gospel. . . C. Wesley 

1047 See the gospel Church C. Wesley 

1040 See the Lord, thy Keeper . . . C. Wesley 
859 See where our great High. . . C. Wesley 
683 Servant of God, well done . C. Wesley 

367 Servants of God in joy Montgomery 

65 Shall foolish, weak, short- . . C, Wesley 
516 Shall I, for fear of feeble. ...J. Wesley 

584 Shall man, O God of light I) wight 

308 Shepherd divine, our wants. C. Wesley 
548 Shepherd of souls, with. ... C. Wesley 
395 Show pity. Lord, O Lord ... . Watts 

427 Shrinking from the cold C. Wesley 

186 Since all the varying scenes Hervey 

1132 Sing praise, the tomb is Unknown 

174 Sing to the great Jehovah's. C. Wesley 
241 Sing we the song of Montgomery 

1141 Sing we to our God above ..C. Wesley 
869 Sinners, lift up your hearts. . C. Wesley 

397 Sinners, obey the gospel C. Wesley 

351 Sinners, obey the heavenly.. C. Wesley 

686 Sinners, the call obey .C. Wesley 

221 Sinners, the voice of God Fawcett 

980 Sinners, turn, while God is. . C. Wesley 

984 Sinners, turn, why will ye. . . C. Wesley 



No. of Hymn. 

919 Softly, now, the light of. . . .Epis. Coll. 

612 Soldiers of Christ, arise C. Wesley 

610 Soldiers of Christ, lay hold..C. Wesley 

486 Sole sov'reign of the earth E. Scott 

942 Songs of praise the Montgomery 

905 Son of God, thy blessing C. Wesley 

941 Sons of God, triumphant C. JVesley 

349 Soon may the last glad Pratfs Coll. 
95 Sov'reign of all the worlds . Doddridge 

419 Sov'reign of worlds, dis-. .Pratfs Coll. 

908 Sov'reign Ruler, Lord of all Baffles 

730 Sow in the morn thy Montgomery 

969 Spirit, leave thy house . . . Monigomc y 
767 Spirit of faith, come down. . . C. Wesley 

766 Spirit of holiness C. Wesley 

815 Spirit of truth, essential God.C. Wesley 

1060 Stand the omnipotent decree C. Wesley 
490 Stay, thou insulted Spirit . . .C. Wesley 
293 Still for thy loving-kindness. C. Wesley 
776 Still nigh me, O my Saviour. Q. Wesley 

90 Still on the Lord thy Pratt's Coll. 

695 Submissively, my God Haiceis 

842 Surrounded by a host of C. Wesley 

1165 Sweet hour of prayer Walford 

202 Sweet is the prayer. .Martineau's Coll. 

350 Sweet is the work, my God' ... . Watts 
259 Sweet was the time when Newton 



203 Talk with us, Lord, thyself. .C. Wesley 

572 Taught by our Lord, we C. Wesley 

22S Terrible thought ! shall I C. Wesley 

925 Thank and praise Jeho- . .Montgomery 
19 That awful day will surelv. . . . Watts 

337 That doleful night before "his Hart 

1197 The aged sire has gone to rest . .Moore 
1204 The Christian warrior, brave . . .Moore 
134 The counsels of redeeming. Siennftt 
1209 The cruel grave opens wide. . . Wheeler 
497 The day of Christ, the day ..C. Wesley 

557 Tbe day of wrath, that W. Scott 

405 The earth, with all her C. Wesley 

568 Thee, in the watches of the. . C. Wesley 
289 Thee, Jesus, full of truth . . . . C. Wesley 

654 Thee, King of saints, we C. Wesley 

711 Thee to laud in songs C. Wesley 

47 Thee we adore, eternal Name. . . Watts 
100 The glorious armies of the . . Mrs. Howe 
242 The glorious universe. Montgomery 
1100 The God of Abrah'm praise . . . Olivers 

1097 The God of harvest Montgomery 

1135 The God of mercy be adored C Wesley 
245 The God of nature and . ..Montgomery 
1104 The God who reigns on high. . . Olivers 

82 The gospel ! O what endless Steele 

588 The great archangel's trump C. Wesley 

300 The head that once was Kelly 

160 The heavenly treasure now. . C. Wesley 

28? The King of heaven his Doddridge 

480 The Law and Prophets all ..C. Wesley 

46 The long-lost son, with Unknown 

31 The Lord descended from . Sternhold 
1062 The Lord is my Shepherd. Mon tgomery 

656 The Lord is risen indeed . . ..Kelly 

838 The Lord Jehovah reisrns Watts 

807 The Lord my pasture shall Addison 

857 The Lord of earth and sky . . C. Wesley 
164 The Lord of Sabbath. . . .S. Wesley, Jr. 

158 The Lord our God is H. K. White 

527 The morning flowers S. Wesley, Jr. 

704 The nations of the earth Gibbons 

445 The perfect world, by Adam Willis 

702 The power to bless my C. Wesley 

716 The praying spirit breathe . .C. Wesley 
57 There is a fountain Allied Cowper 



INDEX TO 



No. of Hymn. 

244 There is a glorious world. Jane Taylor 

591 There is a God — all nature Steele 

138 There is a land of pure delight . . Watts 

146 There is an hour of perfect Tappan 

145 There seems a voice in Mrs. Opie 

284 The sacred bond of perfect-. C. Wesley 
450 The saints who die in Christ C. Wesley 

585 The Saviour, when to Doddridge 

469 The spacious firmament on. . .Addison 
214 The Sun of righteousness S. Wesley, Jr. 
814 The Sun of righteousness on C. Wesley 
858 The tempter to my soul. ..Montgomery 

718 The thing my God doth C. IVesley 

1131 The voice of free grace Thursby 

116 The wisdom own'd by all ... C. Wesley 

1212 The years roll on and bring Smith 

935 They that toil upon the . . . Montgomery 

574 Thine, Lord, is wisdom J. Wesley 

1170 This book is all that's left me. . . 

799 This day the covenant . W. M. Bunting 

230 This day the Lord has Bathurst 

80 This is the day the Lord hath . . . .Lyte 

722 This is thy will, I know C. Wesley 

1199 This mortal sleeps beneath the. .Moore 

771 This slumber from my C. Wesley 

443 This stone to thee, in Monta ornery 

1202 This temple built to God ... . . . Moore 

696 This, this is He that came. ..C. Wesley 

1029 This, this is the God we adore Hart 

1187 Thou art gone to the grave Heber 

236 Thou art the Way ; to thee Doane 

462 Though eighteen hundred. . . C. W^esley 

475 Though I have grieved thy Watts 

1106 Though nature's strength Olivers 

589. Though now the nations L. Bacon 

1184 Though the scenes of life . 

1066 Though troubles assail, and Newton 

839 Though waves and storms. ..J. Wesley 
290 Thou God of ali-sufficient . . . C. Wesley 
862 Thou God of truth and. . C. Wesley 
886 Thou God of power . . .Pearson's Coll. 
880 Thou great mysterious God.C. Wesley 

286 Thou hidden God, for C. Wesley 

786 Thou hidden love of God... J. Wesley 

779 Thou hidden Source of C. Wesley 

689 Thou Judge of quick and C. Wesley 

190 Thou Lamb of God, for C. Wesley 

348 Thou Lamb of God, thou J. Wesley 

748 Thou, Lord, art God alone . . C. Wesley 
219 Thou, Lord, hast blest my. . . C. Wesley 
323 Thou, Lord of life. . . F owers of Poetry 
803 Thou, Lord, on whom I still. C. Wesley 

1194 Thou, O Christ, ascending Morris 

1192 Thou uncreated source of Claiborne 

616 Thou refuge of my soul Steele 

304 Thou rock of my salvation . C. W^esley 
223 Thousands, O Lord of ... .Montgomery 

741 Thou seest my feebleness C. TVesley 

619 Thou seest our weakness J. Wesley 

1031 Thou Shepherd of Israel ... .C. Wesley 
238 Thou Son of God, whose ...C. Wesley 

701 Thou, the eternal Lord C. Wesley 

698 Thou very paschal Lamb C. Wesley 

760 Thou very present aid C. Wesley 

1065 Thou, who hast in Zion . .Mrs. Bulmer 

1003 Thou, who on the whirl- Pierpnni 

1096 Thou, whose almighty Marriott 

21 Through sorrow's night.. H. K. White 
560 Thus far the Lord hath led me. . Watts 
539 Thus said the Lord,— 'tis . . . . C. Wesley 
151 Thy ceaseless, unexhausted .C. Wesley 
789 Thy every suffering servant. . C. Wesley 

199 Thy gracious presence, O my Steele 

233 Thy law is perfect, Lord. .Montgomery 



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No. of Hymn. 

318 Thy life I read, my 8. Stennett 

485 Thy loving Spirit, Lord ... . C. Wesley 

898 Thy mercy heard my infant Grant 

264 Thy name to me, thy nature. C. Wesley 
493 Thy presence, everlasting . .Doddridge 
365 Thy presence, gracious God . . .Fawoett 

200 Thy presence, Lord, the C. Wedey 

633 Thy way is in the sea Fawcett 

719 Thy word, almighty ... . .Montgomery 

267 Times without number C. Wesley 

481 'Tis finish'd 1 so the Saviour ..Stennett 
400 'Tis finished ! the Messiah . . . C. Wesley 

714 To bless thy chosen Tate & Brady 

1140 To Father, Son, and— The . . . Unknown 
1134 To Father, Son, and— Who Watts 

1147 To Father, Son, and C. Wesley 

1098 To Father, Son, and Spirit. . . Unknown 
1136 To God the Father, Son J. Wesley 

1148 To God— the Father, Son . . . Unknown 
1139 To God the Father's throne Watts 

355 To Jesus, our exalted Lord Steele 

1150 To thee be praise forever . . . Unknown 
773 To thee, great God of love. . C. Wesley 
189 To thee, O God, when Doddridge 

1120 To thee, our God and Saviour .Haweis 
1045 To the hills I lift mine eyes . . C. Wesley 

118 To us a child of hope is . . .Montgomery 
353 To us a child of royal birth. . C. Wesley 

525 Tremendous God, with C. Wesley 

288 Try us, O God, and search . . G. Wesley 

581 Unchangeable almighty C. Wesley 

436 Unveil thy bosom, faithful Watts 

628 Urge on your rapid course. . . O. Wesley 

995 Yain are all terrestrial Ford 

1048 Vain, delusive worl, adieu ..C. Wesley 

183 Vain man,, thy fond pursuits Bart 

824 Victim divine 1 thy grace . . . C. W r esley 

1121 Vital spark of heavenly flame Pope 

182 Walk in the light I so shalt. .B. Barton 

778 Watch'd by the world's C. Wesley 

976 Watchman, tell us of the Bowring 

1178 Watchmen, onward to your 

947 Weary souls, that wander. . . C. Wesley 

1115 We bring no glitt'ring Phillips 

602 We by his Spirit prove C. Wehley 

1037 Weep not for a brother C. Wesley 

455 We have no outward C. Wesley 

208 We journey through a ,B. Barton 

724 We know, by faith we C. Wesley 

657 Welcome, sweet day of rest Watts 

753 We lift our hearts to thee. . . J. W T esUy 

1154 We praise thee, O God Mackay 

1156 What a friend we have in Scrivins 

558 What am I, O thou C. V/esley 

403 What are those soul Pratt's Coll. 

63 What glory glids the sacred . C&ttper 

262 What is our calling's C. Wesley 

690 What majesty and grace S. Stennett 

491 What 1 never speak one evil. C. Wesley 

1057 What now is my object and.C. Wesley 
329 What shall I do my God to. . C. Wesley 

1188 What sweet reflection, calm . . Wheeler 

449 What various hindrance Cowper 

136 When all thy mercies, O my.. Addison 

603 When death before my sight Steele 

526 When first the Spirit left the. . .Judkin 
457 When, gracious Lord, when C. Wesley 

322 When I can read my title Watts 

573 When Israel, of the Lord W. Scott 

777 When Israel out of Egypt. . . C. Wesley 
544 When I survey the wondrous. . . Watts 



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INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 



No. of Hymn. 

325 When Jesus left his Montgomery 

43 When languor and disease Toplady 

900 When, my Saviour, shall 1...C. Wesley 
606 When o'er the deep we ..Dr. Hastings 
399 When, O my Saviour, shall,, a Wesley 

936 When on Sinai's top I Montgomery 

636 When on the brink of death . . . Collyer 
471 When power divine in. . . J. E. Smith 

802 When quiet in my house C. Wesley 

226 When rising from the bed Addison 

809 When shall I hear the C. Wesley 

143 When shall I see the C. Wesley 

1112 When shall the voice of. . .Pratt's Coll. 

735 When shall thy love C. Wesley 

1173 When shall we meet. . . Watts & Smith 

53 When the last Bicker 'steth' 's Coll. 

1122 When through the torn sail . . Heber 
382 When to the exiled seer . . G. Robinson 

476 Where are the dead Montgomery 

953 Wherefore should I make. . . C. Wesley 
723 Where is the Hebrews' God. C. Wesley 
856 Where is the Saviour now ..Bap. Coll. 
821 Where shall my wond'ring . C. Wesley 
489 Wherewith, O Lord, shall I.C. Wesley 

91 Which of the monarchs of . . C. Wesley 
266 While dead in trespasses I . . C. Wesley 
570 While life prolongs its precious Dtuight 

324 While shepherds Tate & Brady 

191 While thee I. . ..Mrs. H. M. Williams 
478 While thou art intimately . . . C. Wesley 

6*4: While through this Mo/ tgomery 

987 While we walk with God . . . C. Wesley 
978 While with ceaseless course . .Newton 

970 Who are these array'd in C. Wesley 

639 Who in the Lord confide C. Wesley 

34 Who make the Lord of Montgomery 

435 Whom man forsakes thou ... (7. Wesley 

42 Why do we mourn for dying Watts 



I No. of Hymn. 

470 Why is my heart with. . . Wilson's Coll. 
956 Why not now, my God, my. . C. Wesley 

272 Why, O my soul, O why ... Cotton 

130 Why should our tears . . Conder's Coll. 
120 Why should the children of a ... Watts 

216 Why should we boast of M. Wilks 

985 Why should we lament C. Wesley 

550 Why should we start, and Watts 

828 Wilt thou not yet to me C. Wisley 

847 Wisdom ascribe, and might . C. Wesley 

297 With glorious clouds C. Wesley 

215 Within thy house, O Lord ..Pres. Coll. 

5 With j oy we hail the sacred day . . Lyte 
641 W^ith joy we lift our eyes Jervis 

256 With joy we meditate the Watts 

59 With stately toAvers and Anon 

281 With trouble laden— grief- Jukdin 

| 1109 Worship, and thanks, and. . . C. Wesley 

338 Wo to the men on earth C. Wesley 

784 Would Jesus have the C. Wesley 

1059 Wretched, helpless, and C. Wesley 

517 Ye faithful souls, who Jesus C. Wesley 

756 Ye praying souls, rejoice Medley 

866 Ye ransom'd sinners, hear . . C. Wesley 
1069 Ye servants of God, your C. Wesley 

805 Yes, from this instant, now, I C. Wesley 
1117 Ye simple souls, that stay. . .J. Wesley 

257 Yes, I will bless thee . . . Beg \nbotham 
474 Ye that pass by, behold the . . C. Wesley 

564 Ye virgin souls, arise C. Wesley 

665 Ye wretched, starving poor Steele 

806 Yield to me now, for I am. . . C. Wesley 
846 Young men and maidens raise your 

tuneful voices high C. Wesley 

1207 Your risen Lord behold Biddle 

1011 Zion stands with hills Kelly 



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